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A faster way to bake cookies
On 12/5/2013 9:15 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Ophelia" wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
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>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Certainly not new. We did this in the 70's in Home Ec class.
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>> Well, new to Kalmia and to me too )
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> With Ophelia I get my cookies in two minutes. 
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Served hot too, eh?
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