A comedy of errors
@1creekgirl (40605)
United States
March 7, 2023 8:08pm CST
I decided to make a batch of cookies to take to my cousin in a nursing home tomorrow.
I found a gluten free recipe that looked good, so I got out all the ingredients, being careful to follow the recipe.
I baked one batch and they seemed strange somehow. I looked and there on the counter was the milk I was supposed to add.
No wonder they seemed too thick! I poured the milk into the batter and that was a little better.
The cookies still seemed too puffy, so I heated the batter a little. Then they were too thin and spread too much.
I refrigerated the dough for a while and this time like Goldilocks it baked just fine.
I added some more sugar, white chocolate chips and pecans and they're actually rather yummy.
Hope my cousins enjoy them. I don't think I'll try that recipe again.
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@1creekgirl (40605)
• United States
8 Mar 23
It's a real wonder they taste good.
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@RebeccasFarm (86833)
• United States
9 Mar 23
Gluten free can be tricky too..but glad you realized the milk..I did that the other day with some Irish soda bread forgot the baking soda.
She will love those cookies I know I would.
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@1creekgirl (40605)
• United States
9 Mar 23
She seemed to enjoy them. It was so heartbreaking, though.
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@LadyDuck (458862)
• Switzerland
9 Mar 23
@1creekgirl - I use old trusted recipes that I found in books and I am using from years. The past month I wanted to prepare a classic Italian that we do for Fat Tuesday, I could not remember how we call it in Italian.
It took a while to go through the pages of my (very) old book to find it.
It took a while to go through the pages of my (very) old book to find it.1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (40605)
• United States
8 Mar 23
I like to use ones that have good reviews.
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@1creekgirl (40605)
• United States
9 Mar 23
@LadyDuck But I bet you enjoyed looking for it.
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@1creekgirl (40605)
• United States
10 Mar 23
@Ronrybs Cross the pond and I'll bake some for you!
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@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
9 Mar 23
@1creekgirl Then I am up for some cookies!
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@LindaOHio (157012)
• United States
8 Mar 23
Baking is so different from cooking, isn't it? You can throw this and that into a recipe for a stew, for example; but don't mess up the ingredients for cookies! I'm glad they turned out well for you.
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@1creekgirl (40605)
• United States
8 Mar 23
I recently read that cooking is an art, but baking is a science. So true.
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