Cookie Conundrum

[aitchellsee]

Why is it that the recipe for Sugar Cookies in The Joy of Cooking has totally failed me, these last two years, whereas when I was younger, yea! even when I was making Hamster and Musketeer cookies to take to the Millenium Philcon/Worldcon back in 2001, I had no trouble at all? I follow the recipe exactly, with special attention to the  quantities

Comments

[jonsinger]

Strangest thing. I have trouble understanding how a tried-and-true recipe could fail, unless perhaps there has been a significant change in one or more of your ingredients. A change big enough to cause you to need more than half a cup of extra flour in a batch of cookies, though, is huge.

My recent baking experiences (pottery aside) have been almost the inverse of yours; details if you want them.

Are we likely to see you at 4th Street? There will be tea and conversation as per usual, and I bet you have some interesting teas on your shelf...

Best —
jon