In honor of National Cookie Day, I’m going to share with you how to make 1,000 cookies in one day. Yes, every Christmas I make about 1,000 cookies in one day. I organize the 17 kinds of cookies so that there are 4-6 dozen of each kind of cookie. Here are my 10 tips to accomplish this task.
Happy baking and more importantly, eating
- Dough is mixed as much as possible in advance and refrigerated. Don't forget to label the type of cookie since dough for many cookies can look alike.
- Use large cookie sheets that hold 1 ½ - 2 dozen cookies instead of smaller sheets that only hold 1 dozen cookies. This can cut your oven time in half!
- Don’t worry if the cookie sheet should be greased or ungreased – use parchment paper! Reuse the parchment paper until it starts to get ugly, then flip it over and use some more before replacing it.
- Us a #60 dipper to easily keep the cookie size the same instead of spoons.
- Keep 2 trays in the oven at all times. Switch them from top to bottom shelf half way through the baking time.
- Arrange the order of the baking by starting with the lowest temperature and turn the oven up as the day progresses. The exception is if you are dealing with any food allergies. In that case, make those cookies first so there are no cross-contact issues.
- Cover the table with a disposable tablecloth for easy clean-up and cover the table cloth with cooling racks so you have plenty of space to properly cool cookies
- Make a list of who the cookies will be given to and if they get a large or small container. Large containers get twice the number of cookies as the small container.
- Use 2 gallon storage bags to with 1 slice white bread to keep cookies fresh. Cookies freeze well so there is o need to eat them all at once! I enjoy Christmas cookies until March or April
- Have a helper to apply icing and decorate.
Happy baking and more importantly, eating
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