Kitchen tool: cookie dough scoop

It's probably not surprising to you when I say I spend a lot of time thinking about food. What might be surprising is that I also spend a lot of time thinking about the tools I use to cook my food.

My latest purchase is a cookie dough scoop from Crate and Barrel Canada.  (BTW, I heart Crate and Barrel).

I've always ever rolled my cookies by hand, eyeballing each one at a time to try and make sure everything was the same size. It's not a tough job, but it is a looooong one.

The cookie dough scoop makes things MUCH MUCH easier.  Ah...to actually have cookies from bowl to pan to oven in 15 minutes...it's a beautiful thing.

A cookie dough scoop looks and works like an ice cream scoop - though I wouldn't use it as an ice cream scoop as the spring isn't meant to handle something as dense as ice cream. Nor would I ever subject my scoop to anything other than what it is meant for: cookie dough.  

Using the scoop helps ensure the cookies are the same size, and it helps keep your hands clean. The best part  is that it's fast - instead of spending 30 minutes rolling cookie dough, it only takes 10 minutes.

Advice from this cookie maker: at $14.95, the scoop is worth every penny.