Sticky cookie dough = messy hands. Here is the simple solution!

Some cookies and dough you need to shape by hand are less messy than others. Some are so sticky and gooey you end up with a mess everywhere.. You may even have flashbacks to the days of making mud pies.  The solution?  Cold water. No, not to wash your hands in after you shape every ball of dough. Before you plop your scoop of dough into your hands to roll or shape, dip you hands in a bowl of cold water, shake off the exceess and you are good to go. Good-bye sticky mess. If  your hands are dripping wet you may find your cookie is a bit softer than you are used to; not always a bad thing. So get them a bit wet, but not too wet and it works like a charm.