Shannon, over at Rocks In My Dryer, is hosting Works-For-Me Wednesday. I’ll share my tips there along with hundreds of other bloggers. If you need a trick or a tip, you’ll be sure to find the one you need there.
I like baking, and through the years I’ve learned a few things… Since the holiday season (aka cookie baking season) is just around the corner. I’ll share a few of my tips.
1. Canisters. I’ve had the cute counter top canisters, but I’ve found they make my kitchen look cluttered. I also don’t like dusting/cleaning them, they don’t have an air tight seal, and it’s difficult to tell when you’re running low on a particular item.
Thanks to my brilliant mother, I have a very practical canister set. They are from a set of Food Storage Containers (similar to this set from Costco.) I like that they stack easily. Their “footprint” on my pantry shelf is pretty small because they easily stack. They are air tight, and because they are clear, I can tell when I need to refill each container. As you can tell from the picture below, it’s time to buy more oatmeal…
2. Measuring Cups. I inherited several sets of measuring cups from both of my grandmothers. Because I had extras, I started keeping them inside the canister. I have a 1 cup measure inside the flour and the sugar bins, and I keep a 1/2 cup measure inside the brown sugar and oatmeal bins. Now, I love that I don’t ever have to go searching for a measuring cup, and I don’t “contaminate” the flour cup with brown sugar.
My Fancy Canisters
3. Cookie Scoop. For years I put off getting one of these, but I finally gave in about a year ago – my life has never been the same. I used to struggle with tablespoons trying to get just the right amount of dough each time – with a scoop all the work is essentially done for you. Perfect sized scoops everytime.
Ever Important Scoop
Same sized cookie dough balls
3 Sheets - Parchment Liners Required
3 Sheets: 1 ready to go in, 1 ready to load, 1 cooling
The Results
That would be my glass of milk there in the background. Perfect cookies and a nice cold glass of milk – works for me!
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Hi tanya
I loved you blog. Quite interesting. Greetings to you from Botswana.
Now I’m craving chocolate chip cookies….
I love the idea about keeping some of the measuring cups in your containers. I have a scooper for the flour and brown sugar, but I like the idea of actually having the measuring cup. I also really like the containers…I’ll have to look into those! And, that cookie scoop…the best thing ever!! I love mine!
I have two baking sheets like you have pictured – they are incredibly heavy weight and will not warp, or crackle in the oven. I LOVE them. I got mine at William Sanoma some years ago as I recall. I have never heard of precut parchment — I’ll be googling that here in a few minutes LOL Thanks for the tips!!!
I love your ideas! I have the cookie scoop, and it does make perfect cookies. Now I will have to try the big baking sheets and parchment. Thanks for the tips.
I wondered how other people got their parchmant paper to lay flat. I’ll have to see about some precut stuff!
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