Ten Second Tip for the Kitchen - Baking Cookies

Doing any baking for the holidays?  Here's a triple ten second tip for the kitchen when baking cookies.  Everyone has baked cookies at one point or another - so hopefully this tip will be useful.  first, when you are mixing your dough, most recipes require adding the dry ingredients (Flour, baking powder, salt, etc.) to the wet ingredients.  The problem is sometimes a lot of this floury mess ends up on the counter and not your dough.  So, next time, put the dry ingredients onto a paper plate - The cheaper, regular kind - And bend it to funnel into the batter gradually.  You'll find this is much easier and much neater.  Next, when ready to put the dough on a cookie sheet, try this ten second tip as well:  Scoop the dough out with a mini ice cream scoop or melon baller.  By dipping the scoop in milk occasionally, you'll find the dough won't stick, and by using the scoop to begin with, you'll produce perfectly round cookies that, because they are the same size, will cook at the same rate.  If you've never tried parchment paper, it's the best - Line your cookie sheet with the paper and they can slide right off.  No mess and much faster to put another batch into the over!  For more ten second tips for the kitchen, visit my web site:  http://www.tensecondkitchentips.com/