How big are these cookies?

Question

http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/allrecipes/15004/award-winning-soft-chocolate-chip-cookies

I want to make these cookies but was wondering if they really make 72 cookies and how big they are! If they do make that many, how many baking sheets will I need? Please answer those of you who have tried this recipe. It'll also be nice if you could post other recipes of any type of good cookies. Thanks!

to the 4th? poster: yea i am a little paranoid about these things. i'm an okay cook if i do say so myself, but i've never been able to make a good batch of cookies =p.

Answer 1

These are clearly a soft cake-like consistency cookie and not your typical crispy cookie.

I read the reviews on this recipe and between what I read and how I generally determine the quantity I'd say you'll get all 72 if you use a rounded spoonful. They're small in the photo. Someone else said she cut the recipe in half and got 24. When a recipe says 72 I generally figure I'll get 75% since I like a little larger cookie. If you like them a bit larger figure you'll get around 54. You may have to leave them in the oven a bit longer than the recipe calls for. Generally, when they are the color you like it's time to take them out.

Your best bet for cookie recipes that everyone would enjoy would be the Original Toll House cookie on the back of the Nestle chocolate chip package or the oatmeal cookie on the back of the Quaker Oats oatmeal box. I noticed on one package of chocolate chips there is a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie. I'm definitely going to try that one.

For other recipes just go to AllRecipes.com. Look for recipes rated by a high number of people and see what they say and how they altered them. I generally look for five star recipes and read all the comments. I haven't been burned yet.

I generally use two very large cookie sheets. I can put two in the oven at a time but then have to rotate them half-way through. Cookies bake better and more evenly when you put in one sheet at a time. To save on cleanup I use the black Wilton oven liner sheets on my cookie sheets (cut to size). It's far less expensive than Silpat (silicone sheets) and one of the best kept secrets because they don't tell you how great it is for cookie sheets! Nothing sticks to it and you don't have to wash the cookie sheets. Even the black sheets wipe clean easily.

Here's what the package looks like...

http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2271069

The secret to making good cookies is to follow the recipe exactly. Baking time isn't as critical since some people like theirs chewy and others like them crisp. The type of fat is quite important. If a recipe calls for butter they mean butter. The texture can change if you use margarine or shortening. It's also important to cream the butter and sugar thoroughly until it's light and fluffy but if you keep it in the mixer too long it will change the quality of your cookie.

Answer 2

By looking at the picture and the fact that the directions say to drop by spoonfuls (for me, that is about the size of a ping pong ball), I think they would be pretty small (like about 2 inches across)

I like to make cookies. I have 2 baking sheets. What works best in my oven is one sheet at a time. Two at a time are OK in some ovens. While one batch is cooking, I let the cookie sheet cool down and alternate them.

Another thing that I find helpful is to use parchment paper. A roll is only about $2.50 at Walmart. You can use the paper over all the way through a batch of cookies. That way, no cookie sheet clean-up!

Answer 3

In all honesty I do not think it is so important that you crank out exactly 72 cookies. :) Start out droping cookies by the spoon-full onto your cookie sheet...dough that amounts to about 2 tablespoons. Go from there. If you need to adjust your cooking time you can do that to. It is nice to have atleast 2 or 3 cookie sheets while baking cookies. I would only bake one sheet at a time to make sure they are cooking evenly. Good luck...and don't take recipes so seriously. Its ok to relax a little.

Answer 4

I've found that most cookie recipes will make a little over half of the estimated amount...size matters when making cookies..recipes usually are for small cookies. I tend to make mine on the larger scale...about three inches in diameter

Answer 5

No. Only eat about a dozen cookies and save the rest for this afternoon and only eat them after you've checked to see whether you have enough ORAJEL for the toothache you're going to get and enough room in your clothes if it's a really, really, really big box of cookies.

Answer 6

Big enough.