Having problems with my cookies

Try chilling the dough before you put it in the oven. Sometimes if too soft already they will spread way to thin while baking off.

I know it is after christmas but if you are still having this problem...check out Melinda Lee and her advice for cookies at www.melindalee.com She has a talk radio show out here in Calif and has good ideas and tips. I used her tips on cookies and adding/reducing flour for moistness and the difference between and using white or brown sugars etc. It sounds like you might be baking them either to long or at to high a temp. I'd also suggest a good cookie sheet. They are about $10 but totally worth the investement. I wish I'd known this years ago when I always had to toss half my cookies cause they'd burn cause I used a cheap sheet. Light in color (nothing dark as the dark absorbs the heat and burns the cookies) and my fav is the ones with the air slots on the back of the sheet. Plus Parchment paper...again, wish I'd known about this great little thing way back then! I use it now and have not had a burned cookie since I learned about it! Also, watch cooling them. If you cool them on the sheet, that sheet is still hot and will continue cooking whatever is on it. Get them off as soon as you can. Sometimes you have to let them sit maybe a minute to "settle" before you can move them without breaking/tearing them apart, but get them off there asap. Sometimes the recipe says to leave them to cool completely but that is not to often. Most say, 30-6- seconds, then get them on cooling racks Good luck!