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[house_cat]

My friends and I have a cookie baking get-together each year.  To make the schlepping a little easier, I was thinking of bringing disposable aluminum cookie sheets.  I'm not concerned about sticking, because I always use parchment paper.  I'm concerned that they will bake differently and that the bottom of my cookies might burn.

Does anyone have experience using thise Dollar Store aluminum cooking sheets?  Do you get good results?

[Pook]

op@house_cat  I make 300 or more dozen cookies each Christmas with the best cookie sheets I can get for good results so in my opinion they definitely won't bake the same so why chance ruining them??  Not worth shortcuts.  They just are not heavy enough.  I have tried making cakes in aluminum pans and they nearly always change shape in the oven causing not flat and even baking.

[Nightowlz]

Guess you could buy one & give it a test run with the parchment paper. The darker color cookie sheets will cook faster.

[house_cat]

@Pook

Thank you for sharing your experience. I rarely bake cookies, but I bake cakes and pies regulary and would never use a disposable pan for them, so I should have known they won't work well for cookies.  I always prefer chewy cookies rather than crunchy ones, so I'd be very disappointed if the bottoms got too crispy.

Would you mind sharing why you bake 300 cookies!  That sounds overwhelming.

[Pook]

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@house_cat wrote:

@Pook

Thank you for sharing your experience. I rarely bake cookies, but I bake cakes and pies regulary and would never use a disposable pan for them, so I should have known they won't work well for cookies.  I always prefer chewy cookies rather than crunchy ones, so I'd be very disappointed if the bottoms got too crispy.

Would you mind sharing why you bake 300 cookies!  That sounds overwhelming.

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@house_cat It's more like 300 - 400 or more dozen and over the years has really ballooned out of control.  It started because in my circle of friends that we used to exchange gifts all got married and had kids, asked that I just give them cookies since they no longer had the time to bake.  I would always bring several trays to work to set out but then I started to give them to the people at work who I directly worked with or those that gave me extra favors etc. after seeing how they went crazy for them   Over the years more and more were added to the list and even after many retired I still gave them cookies.  Then there are the neighbors (who are the best ever) who I know really like all the different ones I make and who don't bake, always the relatives I am still in touch with.  I have also made cookies for many friends and relatives for weddings.  I really love to bake - especially cookies.  

[house_cat]

@Pook

Bless your heart!

I don't know if non-bakers realize how labor intensive that is, but I'm sure they enjoy the love that you're spreading with that gesture.  Which of your  cookies is the most popular?

I love to crochet and I give afghans to all my friends and relatives.  I don't call them blankets, I call them "hugs".  I think of them all the while I'm working on the project and I hope they think of me each time they use it, but like your cookies, so much of the joy comes from the giving.

[CAMOGIRL]

I tend to think cookies come out as good as the pan - good pan, good cookies, not good pan - not good cookies. My thought on that anyhow... happy baking!! 

[Snowpuppy]

Completely agree with Pook....good results require good pans.  

I learned the hard way, too by using disposable pans for baking.

[candys mine]

I'd go with the good sheets.  If you MUST use the foil ones do a test run and if the cookies brown to much maybe double up the sheets to insulate a bit. Baking cookies is a labor of love and I'd rather use my tried and true baking sheets if at all possible.

[VaBelle35]

If you are set on trying this, I would try 3-4 cookies on it as a test and to figure out the time it will take to cook on them plus whether they will cook evenly. You don't want to end up with dark brown/burned bottoms and edges but raw centers.

If you are using someone else's oven for the first time for your cookie recipe, you will want to test the bake time anyway as every oven is different.

You can buy a bunch of these, test it to see it it will work.  If not, just bring your good baking sheets and use the disposable ones for something else later one.

I have 6 baking sheets, so I can knock out large batches of cookies.  Two in the oven, two cooling on the pans and 2 pans cooling off for the next round.