Modern pans are truly a good news to all cookie lovers. Perhaps it would mean them perfectly browned and crisp goodies to come out from the oven. For a beginner, it may sound not easy as burnt stragglers in every batch of either overdone or underdone cookies can always be a part of the learning process, but with just about everything being available today, from pre-mixed or pre-made ingredient packages, free baking instructions and modern cookie sheets, I think no one will ever feel left out over again.

Generally, buying a roll of cookie dough that you can simply slice and stick in the oven for warm and delicious cookies as fast as 20 minutes is most practical. However, if you are the one who prefers to take the time enjoying to mix and bake your own cookie dough, it is only essential to know the whole thing about the cookie you are preparing and the particular cookie sheet that you are going to use. A cookie sheet may sound constant with baking, but with the many different types of cookie sheets available, believe it or not, they all yield different results.

Insulated Cookie Sheet

While many people say that insulated cookie sheets are the expensive type of baking sheets, these sheets have the higher propensity to resist scratches, chipping, and peeling. They are made of high quality metal aluminum connected together creating a small pocket of air that cannot break out. The heat in the oven bakes the cookies on top, while the direct heat in the cookie sheet bakes the cookies from the bottom. Although cookie sheets can get too hot that possibly yields more than the usually browned cookie bottoms, the air inside of the pocket between the layers heats up to the same temperature maintaining heat consistency during baking causing cookies to brown at the same time. Insulated cookie sheets often yield pale cookies with soft centers. Avoid using insulated cookie sheets when your cookies contain a proportion of butter as the butter may melt out before the dough is set.

Aluminum Cookie Sheets

Aluminum cookie sheets are the most popular and commonly used. These sheets are made of a light metal and are a good conductor of heat, and since aluminum material conducts heat well, it usually produces evenly browned and crisped baked cookies. Even though thin aluminum cookie sheets can from time to time deform in the oven, most people prefer aluminum cookie sheets because it is cheaper yet reasonably sturdy and does not rust even when soaked in water for an extensive period of time. If you prefer crispy and crunchy cookies, stick with a shiny aluminum cookie sheet. Heavy gauge aluminum allows your cookies and pastries to bake evenly at high temperatures.

Non-Stick Cookie Sheets

This cookie sheet type is most likely the new choice in the baking world today. Non-stick cookie sheets provides a surface coating that makes them easy to clean. They are very practical as it lets you skip all the greasing procedures before cooking. One thing to keep in mind when buying a non-stick cookie sheet it that the darker the surface of the sheet, the quicker the cookies will brown. In using non-stick cookie sheets, remember that the dough may not spread as much, resulting in thicker and more cakelike cookies.
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Wrapping things up, cookie sheets are generally made of a number of different types of materials, or even a combination of materials. Each cookie sheet can render different effects for one cookie recipe. A darker cookie sheet allows your cookies to brown faster as dark cookie sheets absorb heat more readily transfering the heat directly to the cookies. If you're using aluminum cookie sheets, your cookies will cook good as aluminum is a good conductor of heat but the goodies will not brown. If you really like to brown your cookies, an insulated cookie sheet will ensure you evenly baked cookies regardless of how they are arranged on the sheet. Therefore, it is important to read the instructions that come with the cookie sheet to find out about the right oven temperature that suits the kind of cookie sheet you are using.

The most ideal thing to do to learn how each type of the cookie sheets work is to try out baking your favorite cookie recipe on all three types of sheets.