Wayne Gisslen

Types and Makeup Methods: Sheet Cookies

Appears in
Professional Cooking: 10th Edition
Professional Cooking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

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Sheet cookies vary so much that it is nearly impossible to give a single procedure for all of them. Some of them are almost like sheet cakes, only denser and richer. They may even be iced like sheet cakes. Others consist of 2 or 3 layers added and baked in separate stages. The procedure is a general guideline only:
  1. Spread the cookie mixture into prepared sheet pans. Make sure the thickness is even.
  2. If required, add topping, or brush with an egg wash.
  3. Bake as directed. Cool.
  4. Apply icing or topping, if any.
  5. Cut into individual squares or rectangles.