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Mesh Bag for Cleaning Cookie Cutters

Use the mesh bag from your next turkey to throw your cookie cutters into. Place the mesh and cookie cutters in your dish washer making sure that the end is closed and placed over a prong.

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Save Cookie Crumbs For Ice Cream Topping

The next time you bake cookies and use a wire rack to cool them on or you have some that have fallen apart, keep all those loose cookie crumbs. Be sure to store them all in an airtight container.

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Extra Eggs in Brownies

I have been making Toll-House cookies for years, it's always my standby for chocolate chip cookies, and almost always make a double batch to have cookie dough in the fridge. The other day I was in the middle of making a batch, and realized too late that I'd doubled the amount of eggs...

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Choosing Dried Fruit for Cookie Filling

What dried fruit goes with dried cherries for a filled cookie?

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Shipping Cookies to Afghanistan

I would like to ship home baked cookies to Afghanistan from Pennsylvania, USA. Are there certain cookies that ship better than others? What is a good packing method so the cookies arrive without becoming broken?

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Making Meringues on Pampered Chef Stoneware

Has anyone tried to cook meringues on Pampered Chef Stoneware? Was it successful?

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Decorating Store Bought Cookies

Anyone have cute ideas for decorating store bought cookies? This decorating is not for the kids to do. I need to make them for a fair our church is doing in the community.

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Why Do My Chocolate Chip Cookies Turn Two Tone?

Why do my chocolate chip cookies turn two tone?

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Cookies Never Spread When Baking

When I bake chocolate chip or any other kind of cookies they never spread out. I am a diabetic so I use Splenda white and brown; would that make a difference? I've tried leaving the ingredients out all night like the butter and eggs. Hope you can help.

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Use Cookie Cutters as Decorating Stencils

Place cookie cutters on top of frosted cakes or cupcakes then pour candy sprinkles or colored sugar inside the shapes. Remove the cookie cutters and you have a nice decoration.

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Why Do My Chocolate Chip Cookies Turn Out Cake-like?

After making chocolate chip cookies, I can't figure out how to get the consistency I want, chewy and soft, or even chewy and crunchy. All I get is fluffy, cake-like cookies. What can I do to correct this?

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How Can I Fix Cookie Dough That is Too Gooey?

I am making peanut butter cookies and the dough is too gooey. How do I fix it?

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M&M Gingerbread Man Template

I recently purchased M&Ms with a gingerbread boy recipe on the bag. It gave a site to get the template, but I seem to be having trouble getting it. What do I do?

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Homemade Cookies Taste Salty

I'm trying to learn how to cook. I baked cookies according to this recipe, but they came out tasting salty. Could anyone help me figure out what went wrong?

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Melon Ball Scoop for Perfect Cookies

To get the perfect size cookies, use a melon ball" scooper". Works every time.

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Shaping Crescent Cookies

Instead of individually shaping each crescent cookie when baking, roll into a long log and cut whatever size is needed. Then bend each one into the crescent shape. You can do this right on the cookie sheet.

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Use Parchment Paper For Baking Cookies

Does any one line their cookie sheets with parchment paper before baking?

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Do I Need to Pre-heat a Stone Gingerbread Mold?

Does a stone gingerbread mold require pre-heating?

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Make And Freeze Extra Cookie Dough

I have found most cookie dough can be made ahead of time and baked later. Be sure to tightly wrap the rolls of cookie dough in plastic wrap, chill in the refrigerator, then freeze. For drop cookies, I freeze them on a baking sheet, then transfer them to freezer bags.

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Use Muffin Tin for Brownies

If you want to make brownies like the new perfect brownie pan, but don't wish to invest $20.00 for the pan, use your muffin tins. The brownies will be round but have crunchy edges on each one.

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Slice Roll Cookies with Cheese Slicer

When baking tons of cookies at Christmastime, I discovered that the easiest way to slice "slice-and-bake" cookies was to use a wire cheese slicer. The wire cuts right through the cold refrigerated cookie dough without distorting the round shape of the log

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Halloween Ghost Brownies

Halloween Ghost BrowniesThis is a simple Halloween project you and your kids can do together. They make a super treat for home or a class at school. Simply make brownies, following the directions on the package.


Saving Money on Cookies

Saving Money on CookiesTips for saving money on cookies as suggested by the ThriftyFun community. Supermarkets with bakeries in the store, regularly mark down cookies. After a holiday is especially good, they seem to be cheaper. Store them in the freezer.