I went to my Wal-mart to go get some paint stirrers (sp?) and i was going to tape them together (one on top of the other) to make a Dobord-like gadget. That is when I saw The Yardsticks! I thought to myself (and out loud) "this will be great for leveling my cookies" and I only spent $2.00 on 4 yardsticks!!!!! Although the cookies are about 1/2 inch thick, the bigger the better! Right?!

Sweet, I'm glad I just read your post. I have been picked to make cookies for my DD class for a halloween party. I was planning on going to the store TODAY to buy some dowel rods to use. But your idea SAVES THE DAY. That is such a GREAT idea! How perfect! I started checking into the doboard(?) and rings for pins but.... I've used the dowel rods to work with fondant and thought they would be just as fine with cookies but, the yard stick idea, I think is better because it's flat! I'm sorta just "really" getting into cookies and that is my main question, how thick are they suppose to be? Thanks for posting!!

I'm having a hard time thinking how the yardsticks will level the cookies...Am I just lost?

What you do is, put your dough down, lay one yard stick on either side (so you need two). Then with your rolling pin on top of the two yards stick and dough, you roll out your dough. The yardstick is like a guide to how thin your dough can be rolled out. Plus the dough will be the same thickness from end to end!!

What an excellent and very inexpensive idea. Thanks for sharing what you discovered!!! I have to make some cookies for my daughters band competition in a couple of weeks and I will use your idea.

Oh, okay.. Neat. Doesn't the yardstick get in the way as the fondant expands? You can only have so long a roller pin, I think.

i actually tape 2 yardsticks together with duct tape (one on top of the other) and put 2 ardsticks on each side. That makes about 1/2 inch thick cookie! At AC MOORE, they have a fondant rolling pin that is about
24 inches long and it has no handles. It just one long solid rolling pin. It works awesome.

Where did you find the yard sticks? I went to a couple of stores and they didn't even carry any. The store that had rulers didn't have "flat" ones and at one store the girl answered my question with "what's that". I tryed so hard to keep a straight face. Is 1/2 the normal thickness? I have 2 dozen pumpkins to do before halloween and not sure what size is the norm. I am dying to try this! Thank you!1

I use dowels from the craft section in Walmart. They are less than $1 each and come in varying sizes (1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 5/. Therefore, you have more sizes to roll your dough/fondant. For example, cookies on a stick need to be thicker than cookies that will just be bagged. Dowels will give you versatility and they are cheap. You won't need to tape them together to get the thickness you need. Just lay one on each side. I use the large wilton fondant roller and just roll away.