Last night, I baked 10 dozen cookies for a church supper tonight. (If you missed the recipe, here it is. Three words for you: Damn. Good. Cookies.)  The thing that always amazes me when I make these cookies is how freakin’ easy they are when you have the right tools.  What are the right tools, you ask?  Well, I’d be happy to show you!

First of all, the number one tool for making cookies (or any baked good for that matter) is this:

I got my KitchenAid mixer as a wedding present five years ago and that thing has had some use!  I mean, look at it!  It looks like its been through a world war, carried on the back of a pack mule in the middle of a monsoon.  But that just means its loved. 

It is honestly the best kitchen convenience since sliced bread.  You throw the first few ingredients in the bowl, turn it on and add the rest of the ingredients as quickly as you can grab them and measure them out.  Pure genius. 

The other cookie-making tool is much less complex and much, much cheaper.  Suprisingly though, I didn’t buy one until just recently.  Is the suspense killing you?  Well, here it is:

A cookie scoop!  (Or mini ice cream scooper, as Farm Boy calls it.  He loves making a bowl of mini ice cream scoops.  Yeah, we need to get out more often.)  I used to scoff at cookie scoops.  Why the heck would I pay for something like that when two spoons works just as well?  But then, I found one on sale at Target.  I took it home and whooo doggie!   You wouldn’t believe how quickly you can load up a cookie tray using this thing!  If they had cookie scoop contests, I would totally kick ass with the help of this bad boy.

So, there you go.  If  you ever need to crank out dozens of cookies in a short amount of time, you now have knowledge of the tools that will make you job a walk in the park.  Now if I could only find a way to stop myself from eating half of the raw dough, I would be golden.  Happy baking!