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Prevent Holiday Cookies from Burning
To prevent burning, bake holiday cookies in the middle of the oven, use heavy, good quality cookie sheets, and grease the sheets lightly with shortening or oil, do not use butter. Also, be sure the cookies are being baked at the proper temperature.
Prevent Holiday Cookies from Burning
When you are baking cookies for the holidays you want them to turn out as good as possible. The cookie baking tips below can help you bake some yummy cookies for your holiday gatherings.
- If the cookie dough is too soft and will not hold its shape or it is sticky when rolling out, add a little more flour to the dough. Add just a small amount at a time until it is a workable consistency.
- If the dough is dry and cracks when handling it is lacking enough liquid or fat. Make sure the proper quantities of ingredients were used. If so, then add a little milk, softened butter or beaten egg to add moisture; then work it into the dough by hand.
- To prevent cookies from spreading too much as they are baking, chill them before placing them in the oven. Also, if the cookie sheet has been greased too heavily it can cause the cookies to spread. Grease very lightly or try not grease at all if using non-stick cookies sheets.
- Cookies that burn on the bottom but not on top have either been baked in too low of a position in the oven, baked on a low quality cookie sheet, or the cookie sheet was greased with butter. To prevent burning, bake the cookies as close to the middle of the oven as possible, use heavy, good quality cookie sheets that are not real dark in color, and grease the cookie sheets lightly with shortening or oil, avoid using butter for greasing.
- Be sure that all the cookies on the sheet are consistent in size and thickness so that they all bake evenly, otherwise the small cookies will get done much sooner and begin to brown on the bottom and edges too quickly. Allow room in between them for air to circulate.
- Using parchment paper on the cookie sheets when baking the cookies will prevent them from sticking to the sheet, allowing easy removal of the cookies after they are baked.
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