Pillsbury Ready -to Bake cookie dough?!
Answers: do you have any tips on how to make them perfectly? and how to keep them from not turing too hard? should my make them flatter and them put them in the oven?
my daughter picks them out at the store all the time and when we make them we just put them onto the cookie sheet and bake them by the directions, i find if you undercook them a little they will come out softer and stay that way if you store them in an airtight container, if the recipe says bake for 9-11 minutes check them at 9 minutes if they look like they are getting a bit golden around the edges take them out
It's not too hard to make cookies from scratch, if you have a few extra minutes, I recommend doing that. Tastes better.
Don't flatten them. Bake them at a lower temp and not as long; remember that they still bake as they sit on the pan.
Also remember to save them in a seal container with an apple to keep in the moisture.
And as a busy mom for 2, I think the ready-to-bake dough is fine! No one really has the time or energy to make dough and then do the cut outs and then...gah. It's just easier.
Make them into balls about the size of a walnut, spacing them a couple of inches from each other on the pan.
pull them out of the oven before brown on top, they will finish cooking from the residual heat.....also, I agree with Kat - make them homemade they taste better.....or if your a really bad baker, try betty crocker cookie mixes - they are easy all you add is butter and egg and they don't have that chemically taste that the ready to bake cookie doughs have in the refrigerator aisle.....
The trick is to remove them before they are fully baked. That is, they are set on the outside and still look a little undercooked in the center. Let them rest on the sheet for at least 2 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. That is part of their baking time and ultimately helps to let them set up without being "overdone."
If you are looking for a novel way to bake cookies, google the term "car baked cookies." The blog bakingbites.com gives instructions and results.