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The rest of the cookie baking went pretty smoothly... some peanut butter, peanuts, butter, flour, vanilla, and 1 egg later, my cookies were ready for the oven. In they went. No smoke alarms this time, but when they were ready I started to notice that the cookies were falling apart quite easily. Maybe they were still too hot? After waiting some time, they started staying together a little more, but after a quick taste test, could tell that these cookies were not how I pictured them to be.... they tasted a bit dry with the feeling there was something missing. I checked the recipe list and noted that I had followed it pretty closely, with the exception of using imitation vanilla and not sifting the flour. I'm going to guess the flour was my downfall. Next baking item I need to pick up is a sifter.
On the plus side, I picked up a tip during this baking quest to give the cookie a nice flat shape (read it in the book). After you put a spoonful of batter on the baking tray, dip the bottom of a drinking glass (or the top of the no-stick baking spray in my case) in flour, and push down on the cookie to flatten. I'll remember that one.
Hi Jess! It's Rachel :) Clicked here from the link you posted on FB. I'm excited to see what else you make as you learn new baking skills. I haven't yet baked anything. I'm trying to learn how to cook so I can feed my fiance next year when we're finally married!
ReplyDeleteI remember the flour sifter from "Foods" in junior high. I didn't think it was that important then, but I guess it is!
Hi Jess! Cute blog! Tip for brown sugar. When you open the bag/box, put a marshmallow in the brown sugar when you store it. It keeps the brown sugar from getting hard. Can't wait to see what you make next. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel! It's great to hear from you! When you wrote that, it reminded me that I won the "Foods" award at graduation!! And I didn't even think the teacher knew who I was haha. I don't remember a thing from that class except I believe we made english muffin pizzas?
ReplyDeleteI'm not a great cook either, and everyone says baking and cooking is very different. I wonder if anything I learn will carry over. Let me know if you pick up any tips while you cook too! Both our husband and fiance will soon be happy and well fed :)
Hana I LOVE that tip! I'm definitely going to do that!
ReplyDeleteI remember we learned how to make biscuits, and the teacher kept saying we could use the recipe to wrap around a "frankfurter." I still distinctly remember how she used to pronounce that, haha.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love when people I know in real life have blogs. They're more fun to read! I have a blog as well, but it's about crafting with some random real life updates as well: loveandsushi.blogspot.com. I told myself I'd chronicle the few meals I make here and there when I practice, but when I'm in the midst of actually cooking and following the recipe, I don't seem to remember to get the camera! I should keep that in mind because I really liked seeing your steps in photographs from the swirl cookie.