A slick way to create an even roll of cookie dough: From Sarabeth Levine's

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great book: Sarabeth's Bakery: From My Hands to Yours

Click link then select "VIEW AS SLIDESHOW" to see my photos. The process is very simple and I've added far more images than it actually takes to do. But I wanted you to see how the dough compresses so evenly.

Here's the general idea:

Lay a single sheet of parchment paper on the counter with the short side facing you.

Spread loose dough across the paper.

Fold the upper half of the parchment OVER the dough.

With your left hand holding down the bottom half of the parchment (assuming you're right-handed), take a flat bench scraper or a ruler and--with your right hand--press firmly up against the bottom edge of the dough, pushing in as you go.

Work your way across the dough, opening the paper and evening up the edges and scrapping any loose dough back onto the roll.

The dough will begin to lengthen and become a smaller, tighter diameter.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g166/Finer_Kitchens/Marilyn%20Storing%20Cookies/009.jpg

Eventually, the dough will be so tight that you can't reduce the diameter any more. This works especially well for sugar or shortbread cookies that you want perfectly round, yet don't want to roll out and cut.

When the dough is finished, roll up in the same parchment and twist the ends to seal. Annotate the name and pop into the freezer.

Slice and bake as needed.

http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g166/Finer_Kitchens/Marilyn%20Storing%20Cookies/

 
Love it!

Also, slide the dough in an old paper towel cardboard tube (can slit the tube first if the dough is a large cylinder) before storing it in the fridge/freezer. This will help the dough keep its shape and prevent the bottom from flattening.

 
Have you ever seen the movie "The Gods Must be Crazy"?

A woman at a cafeteria sidles up to the heroine and asks, "Are the noises in my head bothering you?" It never fails to amuse me. (You are not obliged to comment on this fact.) So I quite likely could have been talking to the voices in your head.I talk to mine often enough.

It's one of DH's favorite movies, so I must have watched it 50 times. Once we were waiting to get on a flight in South Africa, and the actress who says that was waiting near us. I was tempted to sneak up behind her and say the line, but thought she must get that over and over again, so decided not to annoy her.

 
I love a whole movie revolving around a glass coca cola bottle falling from the sky smileys/smile.gif

 
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