Some Hints To Bake The Perfect Cookie

The Nestle test kitchen offers these tips for baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie:

When using butter, soften at room temperature just until it yields to light pressure. When using margarine, don’t soften it.

Don’t overbeat the butter and sugar mixture.

Use ungreased baking sheets and allow them to cool between batches and wipe baking sheets clean or wash them between batches.

Allow cookies to cool for two minutes on baking sheets set on wire racks, then remove cookies to racks to cool completely.

Use large eggs, not extra large.

Store baked cookies at room temperature after cooling. For soft cookies, store in airtight containers.