Drop Cookies

Drop cookies are the easiest of all cookies to make making them ideal for first time bakers and children. Here are some of the guidelines for children to follow when baking drop cookies or anything that has to do with baking.

Guidelines in Baking Drop Cookies

• Have a grown-up close by to help.
• Read the recipe carefully and gather together ingredients and baking utensils.
• Place one cookie sheet at a time on the middle oven rack.
• Check the cookiesat the earliest baking time indicated.
• Always use potholders to remove cookie sheets from the oven.
• Let hot cookie sheets cool before putting the next batch of dough on them.

Steps in Baking Drop Cookies

1. In large mixer bowl, beat brown sugar, sugar, margarine and shortening until the mixture is light in color and fluffy in texture. This takes 2 to 3 minutes with an electric mixer. If you are using a wooden spoon, it will take longer. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. The flour, baking soda and salt caan be mixed in with an electric mixer or stirred in until it is completely combined. The dough will be quite stiff.
2. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the chopped chocolate and nuts until the pieces are evenly distributed.
3. To bake the cookies, drop small amounts of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. An easy way to do this is to use a rubber spatula and regular-sized tablespoon to spoon and drop the dough in equal-sized mounds, about 2-inches apart on the cookie sheet to allow for spreading during baking.

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