How to Win at Shaping and Baking Cookies:
1. Who wants an unevenly baked batch? Cookies that are all the same size will bake at the same rate, so measure your balls of dough accurately. We like setting a ruler on top of the mixing bowl and bringing the balls up alongside the ruler to measure the diameters.
2. Alternate the balls of dough on the baking sheet so they don’t fuse together in the oven. For example, you might place three cookies in the first row, two in the second, three in the third, two in the fourth, and so on.
3. If baking the cookies on two racks, it’s imperative to rotate them midway through the baking time for even baking. After they’re done, it’s cookie time!
(Source: americastestkitchenfeed.com)
