# Cookie Baking Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 14, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-baking-question/930541 "2021-01-14T18:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-baking-question/930541/1 "2021-01-14T18:08:20Z")
I bake a lot of cookies and have gotten pretty good at controlling the finished color of the cookies but not perfect. If I break a cookie in half I can see where the brownness on the bottom is greater than the browness on the top and through the center. I would like to get it as close as possible to uniform. Would lower temp for longer period be the adjustment I am looking for? ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-baking-question/930541/2 "2021-01-14T18:15:18Z")
What surface are you baking them on? I realized a while back that light colored pans give my biscuits a much lighter underside. A silpat will also do this. Dark pans make for dark undersides. A lower temp for longer might help, but for some kinds of baking, it could affect the structure – I think it would probably be OK for most cookies, though. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-baking-question/930541/3 "2021-01-14T19:26:03Z")
Yes, I have been using dark colored pans, Teflon coated cookie sheets. Not familiar with a silpat but I will look into it. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-baking-question/930541/4 "2021-01-14T19:54:25Z")
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