6 cookie baking tips for better batches every time

Bake a test cookie. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve filled an entire pan with cookies only to realize after baking that I should have done something else – spaced them more or less, the dough more chilled, the baking time adjusted. (I often find myself yelling this at my TV while watching “The Great British Baking Show.”) Especially if you’re working with an unfamiliar recipe, do yourself a favor and sacrifice a cookie or two as guinea pigs to watch. how they bake. The time investment is not long, as cookies bake quite quickly, and you may be able to save yourself some grief in the long run. If you have a smaller pan, such as a quarter sheet or jellyroll pan, use it for the test batch, while you prepare the rest of the dough on your half-baked tins.