It’s Tip Friday on Marilyn’s Treats. And todays tip is Tip Friday Cooling Cookies.
Cooling Cookies
Use a spatula to transfer cookies to a cooling rack. When baking drop cookies, especially if you like chewy ones, leave the cookies on the baking sheet for 5 minutes after you take the pan out of the oven. This gives the cookies a chance to firm up a bit before you slide a spatula underneath them. After 5 minutes, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling. We prefer a cooling rack that has a grid pattern with half-inch holes, to give fragile cookies better support while they’re cooling.
Bar cookies should cool in their baking pans on a rack. Don’t cut them while they’re warm; you’ll make bars with very ragged edges, and they’re much more likely to fall apart when you’re taking them out of the pan.
Batter cookies that need to be shaped after baking should be transferred while still warm to whatever shaping device you’re using: a dowel, custard cup, cone, etc. Some cookies may be shaped while warm by simply rolling them into a tube shape around the handle of a wooden spoon.
Whatever type of cookies you’re making, be sure they’re entirely cool before you wrap them up to store. Wrapping a still-warm cookie will cause it to steam inside its container, which could yield soggy, stuck-together results.
Learn these tips for better dough. They are part of my Tip Friday Series. See Rolling Out Your Dough, Chilling Cookie Dough or Cooling Cookies.
This article is part of the Tips That Help in the Kitchen Series, Tip Friday.
Sandy Sandmeyer
November 1, 2015 at 3:56 PMThank you so much for sharing your post with us at the #AnythingGoes Link Party! I’m so glad that we can work together on the link parties.
Marilyn
November 1, 2015 at 6:01 PMMe too Sandy! Thanks.
Random Musings
October 29, 2015 at 6:37 PMGreat tips! It would be such a shame to spoil them at that point after you’ve gone to all the effort of making them 🙂
Thanks for linking up to #AnythingGoes
Debbie
Marilyn
October 29, 2015 at 6:41 PMDebbie, I know. But I am guilty of bypassing these tips when I am in a hurry. I can’t tell you how many chocolate chip cookies turned into dough balls and I had to eat them! ????
Betty
October 28, 2015 at 1:16 AMThank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop
Marilyn
October 28, 2015 at 10:21 AMYou are welcome Betty! I am always happy to jon.
gigi
October 27, 2015 at 5:23 AMI so needed this post Marilyn! I never know how to cool my cookies! And, especially how to cool them if you want chewy cookies (my favorite). Thank you! Super helpful!
Marilyn
October 28, 2015 at 10:21 AMI am so glad Gigi you let me know! I look forward to Tip Friday as it reminds me why I do these things.
Mary Gilbert
October 26, 2015 at 5:36 PMThank you for sharing with us at #JoyHopeLive!
Marilyn
October 26, 2015 at 9:53 PMYou are welcome Mary and thanks for sharing!
Debbie
October 22, 2015 at 2:16 AMThat’s a nice one to know, Marilyn.
I don’t think I have ever baked cookies. I’ll think of it when I do.
Perfect tip for #tiptuesday.
Thanks a lot for sharing it.
Marilyn
October 22, 2015 at 1:16 PMNever….baked…..cookies??? Debbie! You are a healthy eater. There are some great healthy recipes for cookies. I need to make the change in my diet. Cookies and ice cream ate going to be hard.
sue
October 20, 2015 at 9:24 PMI can almost taste the cookies that you are trying to cool! Thanks for sharing this tip with us at #WednesdaysWisdom, Marilyn always look forward to your tips!
Marilyn
October 20, 2015 at 9:48 PMThank you Sue.
Jess
October 20, 2015 at 3:33 PMGreat idea! 🙂
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Marilyn
October 20, 2015 at 6:54 PMThanks Jess. The big cookie season is upon us.
sue
October 18, 2015 at 7:22 PMHi Marilyn I didn’t realise there were different cooling methods depending on the cookie. Thanks for sharing another great tip at #AnythingGoes.
Marilyn
October 18, 2015 at 7:49 PMThanks Sue. Baking is one of those things where if tou throw together the right ingredients tou can get it to taste good, lokk good, and smell good. From there we can improve! I found this one interesting also!