Preparing Baking Sheets

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The Cook's Companion: A step-by-step guide to cooking skills including original recipes

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

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Baking sheets for biscuits should ideally be rigid and flat, and be rimless or with just 1 rim, so you can transfer the baked biscuits easily on to a wire rack to crisp as they cool. If the baking sheets are too thin and light the oven’s heat will cause them to buckle. It is best to buy good-quality baking sheets with a dark surface, so they absorb heat to produce crisp biscuits.

It is a good idea to have several baking sheets, as homemade biscuits in particular spread during baking, taking up extra room.