Types and Makeup Methods

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Professional Cooking
Professional Cooking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2014

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We can classify cookie types by makeup method as well as by mixing method. Grouping by the makeup method is perhaps more useful from the point of view of production because mixing methods are relatively simple, whereas makeup procedures vary considerably.
In this section, we present basic procedures for producing seven cookie types:
  1. Dropped
  2. Bagged
  3. Rolled
  4. Molded
  5. Icebox
  6. Bar
  7. Sheet

No matter what makeup method you use, follow one important rule: Make all cookies of uniform size and thickness. This is essential for even baking. Because baking times are so short, small cookies may burn before large ones are done.