When I take cookies out of the oven I put the pan down to free my left hand to move the cookies off the spatula (in my right hand) and on to the cooling racks. I have tried to use just one hand to accomplish this, agitating the spatula in various ways to coax the cookie to slide off, except the hot, moist underside sticks more often than not - I concluded, it could not be done with one hand effectively. But recently I figured out, that if I keep the leading edge of the cookie hanging off the spatula, I can leverage it off the spatula and on to the rack. I have to be careful not to move the spatula too fast because the cookies are in even more danger than usual of falling off. Nonetheless, this a major innovation. Tonight, I made cookies with shredded coconut, cocoa nibs, cornmeal and finely chopped chocolate - they needed something, more salt, more chocolate, I’m not sure.
