No cookie for me!
I know I've mentioned before that I like to cook and bake. I think I've mentioned that I like to try new recipes. I'm not sure if I've mentioned how often those recipes go horribly wrong.
Tonight I made lemon cookies for Full Moon ritual tomorrow. They weren't a spectacular failure, they're just....not good. It was a new recipe that I'd never used before. (I tend to be very distrustful of any cookie recipe that doesn't include chocolate.) The whole recipe felt off somehow, but I couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong about it...the batter felt too soft, if felt like there was too much butter - it just didn't feel right. But they looked OK when I baked them, so I baked all of them. I tasted one warm out of the oven, and it was...OK. Pretty bland. I thought maybe the lemon flavor would become more pronounced when they cooled. It didn't.
So now I've got a kitchen full of lemon cookies. What to do with them? I decided to try to improve them....frosting makes everything better, right? I made up a simple lemon glaze....it didn't help. I sprinkled colored sugar over the tops, thinking maybe I could at least make them look pretty. The color from the sugar kind of melted off in the glaze and left these odd pink and purple streaks. What am I supposed to do with a big plate of bland cookies with trippy-looking glaze? I'll probably take the unglazed ones into work tomorrow and leave them in the kitchen for anyone who wants them....if no one eats them I'll just throw them out.
The funny thing is, even though the cookies were a disappointment, I still enjoyed making them. I had a very relaxing evening, between baking and watching Supernatural. I just don't have anything to show for it. Oh well.
My apologies to my coven mates - I'll be bringing store-bought cookies to ritual tomorrow. And I'll make even better cookies for next month - I found a recipe for Cherry Garcia cookies that I'm dying to try. I just need to get some Kirsch. mmmmmm.....
Tonight I made lemon cookies for Full Moon ritual tomorrow. They weren't a spectacular failure, they're just....not good. It was a new recipe that I'd never used before. (I tend to be very distrustful of any cookie recipe that doesn't include chocolate.) The whole recipe felt off somehow, but I couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong about it...the batter felt too soft, if felt like there was too much butter - it just didn't feel right. But they looked OK when I baked them, so I baked all of them. I tasted one warm out of the oven, and it was...OK. Pretty bland. I thought maybe the lemon flavor would become more pronounced when they cooled. It didn't.
So now I've got a kitchen full of lemon cookies. What to do with them? I decided to try to improve them....frosting makes everything better, right? I made up a simple lemon glaze....it didn't help. I sprinkled colored sugar over the tops, thinking maybe I could at least make them look pretty. The color from the sugar kind of melted off in the glaze and left these odd pink and purple streaks. What am I supposed to do with a big plate of bland cookies with trippy-looking glaze? I'll probably take the unglazed ones into work tomorrow and leave them in the kitchen for anyone who wants them....if no one eats them I'll just throw them out.
The funny thing is, even though the cookies were a disappointment, I still enjoyed making them. I had a very relaxing evening, between baking and watching Supernatural. I just don't have anything to show for it. Oh well.
My apologies to my coven mates - I'll be bringing store-bought cookies to ritual tomorrow. And I'll make even better cookies for next month - I found a recipe for Cherry Garcia cookies that I'm dying to try. I just need to get some Kirsch. mmmmmm.....