Should Parchment Paper Be Used When Baking Cookies?

Lining a baking sheet when making cookies: Not only will the parchment help cookies bake more evenly, the non-stick quality also helps prevent them from cracking or breaking when lifting them off the sheet. Decorating home-baked goods: Parchment paper makes the perfect wrapper for baked goods.

What happens if you bake cookies without parchment paper?

Your baked goods won't stick to it, and when you're done you can throw out the parchment instead of washing the pan. If you have no parchment paper, you can still bake – you'll just have to be a bit more creative.

What does baking cookies on parchment paper do?

Parchment paper gives cookie dough something to hold on to, for fuller cookies that do not to spread too much. When cookies are thicker, they tend to be softer in the middle as well.