Just Baking

Today’s video lesson comes to us from Dyann at Dyann Bakes, a vlog dedicated to baking tips. Dyann’s site gives the recipe for both doughs, which are for shortbread cookies. Making checkerboards (as well as pinwheels, cookie wheels, or marbled cookies) is a cool way to take your cookie presentation to the next level, especially without needing specialty pans or cookies stamps. This lesson can also be used with other cookie doughs. Sugar cookies lend themselves nicely to this technique. Using some coloring and a double batch of the vanilla dough, you could create red and green Christmas cookies or perhaps green and gold for a Packer tailgate party.

Dyann Bakes also has other tips such as cutting parchment paper to fit round pans and properly preparing your pan for baking. She even answers viewer questions!

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