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Old 01-21-2013, 07:00 PM   #1
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On the subject of PB cookies
Why do we do the fork crisscross thing on them? Is there a reason?
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Old 01-21-2013, 08:05 PM   #2
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The early peanut butter cookies were rolled thin and cut into shapes. They were also dropped and made into balls. They did not have fork marks. The first reference to the famous criss-cross marks created with fork tines was published in the Schenectady Gazette on July 1, 1932. The Peanut Butter Cookies recipe said "Shape into balls and after placing them on the cookie sheet, press each one down with a fork, first one way and then the other, so they look like squares on waffles." Pillsbury, one of the large flour producers, popularized the use of the fork in the 1930s. The Peanut Butter Balls recipe in the 1933 edition of Pillsbury's Balanced Recipes instructed the cook to press the cookies using fork tines. The 1932 or 1933 recipes do not explain why this advice is given, though: peanut butter cookie dough is dense, and without being pressed, it will not cook evenly. Using a fork to press the dough is a convenience; bakers can also use a cookie shovel
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Thank you! Another mystery solved.
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bakers can also use a cookie shove
What's a cookie shove?
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What's a cookie shove?
Something that shoves cookies?
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Something that shoves cookies?
To shove it WHERE?
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To shove it WHERE?
Into my mout!

I believe a cookie shove is otherwise known as...










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...a spatula.
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To shove it WHERE?
Into my mouth would be nice.....
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Into my mout!
Better be a big shovel...

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...a spatula.
Whadda you know. And just your size.

Amazon.com: Norpro Jumbo Cookie Shovel: Kitchen & Dining
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