Baking time for cookies
You will often see baking time expressed as a range of time. For instance, the oatmeal cookies should bake for “12 to 15″ minutes. This means you should set the timer for 12 minutes and check then to see how they are doing. But don’t peek too often. Each time you do, the oven loses [...]
Recipe : Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients:
180ml / 3/4 cup shortening
250ml / 1 cup brown sugar
125ml / 1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
60ml / 1/4 cup water
5 ml / 1 tsp vanilla
250ml / 1 cup all-purpose flour
5ml / 1 tsp salt
2ml / 1/2 tsp baking soda
0.75l / 3 cups uncooked oatmeal
Method:
1. Cream the shortening and sugars in a large bowl. Beat in egg, [...]
Baking Cookies : Greasing pans
Be sure to grease the cookie sheet first. Place a small dab of shortening (a soft, white, solid fat) on waxed paper and spread it lightly over the cookie sheet to produce a thin film of grease. Or you can use cooking oil or one of the new oil sprays.
Another thing to remember: don’t crowd [...]
