Hi Pam, thank you so much for making and trusting our recipes! Yes, we typically use the lines on the butter wrappers to measure. If your butter isn’t in stick form, use a dry measuring cup to measure it. If a recipe calls for melted butter, measure the butter in its solid state, then melt it. Here’s more on how to properly measure baking ingredients. Hope this helps!

Hi! Just popping on here to say that I have noticed the same thing and it hasn’t mattered the brand of silicone spatula. I believe it is a residue for the dishwasher detergent. I try to hand wash all my spatulas now and no more funky flavors!

Hi Robin! All our recipes use table salt unless otherwise noted.

Hi Stephanie! We like to add a slice of bread with our baked cookies, too, in order to keep them soft and chewy. Any air tight container, cookie tin, or zip-top bag should work well for storing the cookies. We have a few different suggestions for baking tins and containers (cake carriers actually work great for cookies, too!) in this gifts for bakers post. Hope this helps, and thanks so much for making and trusting our recipes!