"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
> ...
> I bumped into this on youtube, tried it today, and was pleased with the
> result. You use your round waffle iron!!
> I made my usual healthy choc. chip cookie dough, painted some oil on the
> iron, then dropped 4 dollops of dough on the iron ( smaller than golf ball
> size). I closed it for a minute and a half, then removed the cookies to
> cool.
>
> I eliminated preheating the oven, preparing sheets, and baking for about
> 15 minutes each sheet. Using the waffle iron, I did the 2 dozen in about
> 15 minutes. Saved time, power, cleanup of two cookie sheets, and some
> parchment paper. OK, so they resemble small waffles, but the taste was
> the same. I think it'll be a good way to whip up cookies in the summer
> when I dread lighting that oven.
>
> The only drawback was that I had to tend the iron closely, but I was able
> to do dishes and a few other little kitchen duties in between.
>
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>
> Certainly not new. We did this in the 70's in Home Ec class.

Well, new to Kalmia and to me too)

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