Kalmia wrote:
> 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.

How long does it take to bake a regular batch of chocolate chip cookies?
My memory is about the same time as you say it took using the waffle
iron. That doesn't seem like a great alternative to me.

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