Cookie Cravings

Bakers beware: using a silpat for cookies might spoil you.  No longer will you have to take your cookies out of the oven before they are fully baked so they can "finish cooking" on a hot cookie sheet.  Nope.  You can actually cook them until they are done and I promise they won't dry out or fall apart.  Take these cookies out when the timer dings at 9 minutes and  they are toasted lightly on the bottom, which you can check right out of the oven. Silicone doesn't overheat like aluminum, so your cookies won't dry out.  No more uncooked middles, and no more cookies that are half stuck to the sheet. 
Like I said: spoiled. 
Pictured here are chocolate chip cookies made with the Nestle Tollhouse recipe - made with butter and no nuts. I took them off the silpat and let them cool on a sheet of brown paper so they wouldn't indent from a cookie rack. Out of 60 cookies, only one fell apart because two of us reached for it to eat it at the same time.   
Margarine or butter cookies tend to be thinner -- for more shape, you can substitute with butter flavored shortening.  Some experts will say replace all of butter, others will say try half butter, half shortening.  Little healthier? Cut down the butter by half and replace it with applesauce. 
Store cookies in an airtight container and enjoy!