Ok...it's past midnight and I'm up slaving away at baking cookies for my daughter's teachers as gifts while daydreaming about being out in Sonoma tasting. I tried this killer molasses spice cookie recipe a few weeks ago and they were perfect. So I tried them on Sunday and followed the recipe to a T...and the cookies was burnt around slightly and flatter than previously. Tonight, same thing...same recipe...burnt edges and flat. The one thing that I did differently was use a new Silpat I bought this weekend for the last two batches. I couldn't stand to throw away more cookies so I removed the silpat and used the cookie sheet. And like magic...the cookies were perfect.

I've used silpat before but not with cookies...with parmesean crisps and it was great. However, my experience using them with cookies has been bad.