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Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy The Secret to Perfectly Round Spiral Cookies

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The Secret to Perfectly Round Spiral Cookies

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:16 PM PST

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Christmas is pretty much the only time of year that I go all out with the cookie-baking, even busting out the rolling pin to make all kinds of complicated cookie varieties, like sugar cookies and spiral cookies. The rest of the year, I stick to the easy stuff, usually resorting to drop cookies and bar cookies because I’m lazy like that.

But if I’m going to go to all the trouble to make those kinds of cookies, then I want them to turn out right. And it always kind of annoys me that those silly spiral and icebox cookies get that flat edge where they rest on the counter or in the fridge. They’re supposed to be round for goodness’ sakes.

I’ve tried my best to form perfectly round logs, and treat them very gently so as to preserve the shape, to no avail. I always get that stinkin’ flat edge.

Until this year. This year, I have discovered the secret. I read about it on a blog (I forget which one now) for another purpose and immediately realized the possibilities of this little trick! My spiral and icebox cookies will now and forever more be round!

All you have to do is grab a toilet paper tube, or a paper towel tube, or a wrapping paper tube. For purposes of ease in handling, you will want to cut the paper towel tube in half, and the wrapping paper tube into several smaller portions.

Once you have a cardboard tube approximately 6″ in length, cut a slit along one side of the tube so that it looks kind of like a hot dog bun. Take a piece of foil and wrap it around the inside of the cardboard-tube-hot-dog-bun, and fold it around the outside.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here’s a picture of what I’m talking about:

Here’s another vantage point:

Now go about your business rolling up your perfectly round log of cookie dough, then gently place it inside the tube, like a hot dog in a bun.

The cardboard tube creates a mold that helps preserve the shape of the cookies. I’ve found that the toilet paper tubes are not as sturdy as the other kinds, and might need a piece of tape to hold the edges together.

Refrigerate or freeze your dough in this tube, then proceed to slice as usual. Voila! Perfectly round cookies!