OT - What's the best brand of Cookie Sheets?

[DebMcDonald]

I love my stones

 

[mcrockett1220]

I am a consultant for Southern Living at Home, but that is not the only reason I totally endorse our bakeware. It will not bend or warp, even after many years of use. As one poster said, there is a slight pebble pattern to allow the cookies to release from the pan with little effort, it cooks very evenly and is very difficult to burn cookies on these. The pans come in regular cookie sheet and jelly roll style as well as cake and pizza pans. If you need information on getting these pans, Pm me. They make a great holiday gift!

 

[fun4me]

I am a consultant for Southern Living at Home, but that is not the only reason I totally endorse our bakeware. It will not bend or warp, even after many years of use. As one poster said, there is a slight pebble pattern to allow the cookies to release from the pan with little effort, it cooks very evenly and is very difficult to burn cookies on these. The pans come in regular cookie sheet and jelly roll style as well as cake and pizza pans. If you need information on getting these pans, Pm me. They make a great holiday gift!

You don't have to buy through a consultant. Doughmakers make the product. SLAH just buys them and has them put their name put on it. I bought a few through SLAH and I recently bought some more at a craft fair. I am waiting for the next craft fair to get some round cake pans. Last time they had a special buy one get one half priced.
A list of stores where they sell them...
http://www.doughmakers.com/storesstate_copy(1).htm

 

[TupperMom7]

There are no stores in my state that sell Doughmaker cookie sheets and they don't appear to have a way of ordering on-line. I checked on Ebay and they want $19.99 plus $9.99 shipping. Are they really that much money?

How can I order some without going the Ebay route?

 

[branv]

I've used all types of cookie sheets, and personally I find nothing cooks better than the commercial cookie sheets you can buy from the restaurant supply stores (the one here doesn't require you to have any kind of membership or tax id, and you don't have to buy in bulk). For about $5 I buy very thick, quality cookie sheets, and use either parchment paper or silpat (depending on how sticky the item is). FYI: William Sonoma sells the same type of cookie sheet...but for about $20. If you don't have a restaurant supply store near you, check online. You may not save as much as in person, but you'll save more than if you buy at WM

Oh and IMHO the #1 best product for turning out great baked goods? Invest in an oven thermometer that attaches to your racks. You may be shocked how even the expensive ovens keep terrible temperature. Every time my oven beeps to alert me it's reached the pre-heat stage of 350, the thermometer lets me know it's really still at 200.

 

[fun4me]

I googled doughmakers bakeware and found several online stores that sell them. Amazon sells them too. You can always order from a SLAH consultant--the last time I had a SLAH catalog they only had four different doughmaker products to chose from. Yes, they are around $20 depending on which products you buy.

 

[Ishy]

Sorry, if you saw my old beat up browned and nasty cookie sheets you would be horrified! Seriously, I have a couple of heavy duty cookie sheets (HUGE) that may be wiltons, and a few nonstick stickyones, but when it comes to cookies, I use parchment paper. I swear by the stuff. It is great for chicken nuggets, and pigs in a blanket and pizza bagels and even roasting the meatballs for my "supersecretfancycocktailmeatballsthatmakethemassesscreamformore".

Parchment paper rocks! Makes for easy cleanup too. Makes even the worst cookie sheets the best and last forever.

 

[nuke]

Another vote for any old pan with parchment paper.

 

[strasfamily]

Another vote for PC stoneware.

Not only does it make the perfect unburnt cookie, but if you put frozen things on there like french fries or chicken nuggets, the stoneware absorbs the ice and they always come out crunchy.

 

[daretodream]

I've always used air bake until recently. I bought some cookie sheets at Sam's. They were very reasonable. Less than 10.00 for 2. Cookies, cinnamon rolls, come out beautiful every time. I've had them for a couple of years now and they still look great and bake great.

 

[Alice28]

Hi! I use Pampered Chef stones for all my baking -- everything always comes out perfectly. Pricy (not too bad if you earn them at a party), but, IMHO, completely worth it.

Me too. Have had my first stone for at least 8-9 years now. And they only get better as they 'age'.

 

[Cyntillations]

I've got a Calphalon 'jellyroll' pan and pizza pan. Best ones I've ever owned.

 

[ladysoleil]

Cook's Illustrated Magazine (the folks who do the America's Test Kitchen series on PBS) recommends a steel cookie sheet made by Vollrath which is sold in restaurant supply stores. For "over the counter" stuff they recommend a sheet made by Chicago Metallic Commercial.

I have several of these and like them. I think I got mine at Bed Bath and Beyond. They don't make the cookies too brown and are easy to handle and clean. The only negative is that the pan is too small to use with a Silpat sheet, though- the sheet won't lay flat.

They actually recommend that you consider a half-sheet pan instead of a flat cookie sheet, they are more versatile.

This one is their most highly rated pan:

http://www.amazon.com/Half-Size-Heavy-Duty-Sheet/dp/B0001MS3P6

 

[branv]

This one is their most highly rated pan:

http://www.amazon.com/Half-Size-Heavy-Duty-Sheet/dp/B0001MS3P6

Those are the same ones I have They rock! Course, four years ago I paid about $5-$6 buying at the kitchen supply place. Either you save a LOT buying direct or the price of metal has gone waaaay up