Tips for Making Drop Cookies  If your mixer begins to strain
because the cookie dough is too thick, use a wooden spoon to
stir in the last of the flour or ingredients such as nuts, chips
or dried fruit.  For even baking, it's important that you make
cookies the same size. Use a teaspoon or tablespoon from your
flatware set or a small ice cream scoop.  Drop cookies generally
spread during baking. But sometimes a recipe may instruct you to
flatten the cookies with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar
or with a fork making a crisscross pattern.