Well, the move is progressing along nicely- and our kitchen is now completely unpacked. However, I have yet to bake anything in the new kitchen (hopefully that will happen this weekend). Combine that with the fact that all of my craft materials are still packed and chaotic, it's time for another segment of "Things I Can't Craft Without" but this time, it's a Baking Edition.I see what you're thinking over there "yawn, a cookie scoop." But hold on dear readers, I'm here today to tell you that you can do more with a cookie scoop then just make drop cookies.
This is my cookie scoop, the OXO Good Grips Medium Sized Cookie Scoop. I bought it a few years back when I was making mounds of Holiday Cookies because I was tired of my lame attempts to make my cookies come out at about the same size. I settled on the medium, because the small was not going to cut it (I don't like tiny cookies) and the large was just...too big.
It works wonders on my drop cookies, but that shouldn't be a surprise as that is what it was created to do. I use it occasionally for rolled cookies, when I want a nice uniform look, because I don't trust myself to roll 2 dozen cookies in the same size.
Ok, ok, I hear you out there "so why should I not be yawning at this entry again?"
Here it is....are you ready for it?
The best use ever for this cookie scoop is to make cupcakes. Yeah, you heard me, I said cupcakes.
People always ask me how I get my cupcakes so even- without a few random small or overly large cupcakes. This is my secret- I use my cookie scoop to put batter in the baking cups.
It's so much easier/cleaner then trying to pour the batter from my mixing bowl/measuring cup/ziploc bag.
A regular sized cupcake takes between 1.5 and 2 medium cookie scoops of batter. A Texas Cupcake (jumbo, large, whatever) takes probably closer to 3-4 scoops. My mini's take between 1 and 1.5 scoops. Some day, I will probably end up with both the small and large sized cookie scoops too.
If you aren't using a cookie scoop to make your cupcakes yet, get on it. I promise you will think it was the best idea since the invention of velcro.
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2 comments:
I knew about using a cookie scoop to fill the cups with WAY fewer drips, thanks to...one of the other cupcake blogs you read (the one with the banana cupcakes you made). I'd never really thought of it as a way to measure out the batter, though.
I love my cookie scoop. Even for just making cookies, it makes the process like 20 times faster.
I seriously need to get one of these! The plastic ones always break on me with not-so-soft cookie dough. I also love these "Can't ___ without" entries...great idea. And, I'm looking forward to brew/bake fest! Can't wait to see your new kitchen--are you having fun setting it up? Have you baked anything in it yet?
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