Always, always, always....and it bears repeating again....always use parchment paper on your baking sheet when baking cookies. It really helps prevent burning the bottoms of the cookies and makes for a much easier clean-up. It also prevents cookies from sticking to the baking sheet. Sadly, we didn't find that out until we had two cookie sheets out of the oven. We managed to salvage three or four gingerbread cookies, but the rest were only pieces and crumbs. Still, they do taste yummy...even Homer agrees. And since we doubled the recipe we still have enough to decorate and share with our friends and family.
Posted by jfer at December 7, 2002 11:39 PM