Cooking Fail

Cooking Fail

OK...I seldom make an error in cooking as I have

been cooking since I was five...That was 72 years

ago.

Today I was going to make my favorite chocolate

chip cookies. Usually I use room temperature butter

but since I was in a hurry and I hadn't remembered to

take it out, I melted two sticks in a pan. Forgot to

turn the fire off and I had some red hot butter but it

hadn't scorched. (first miracle).

So in order to cool it off, I decided to add the white and the brown

sugar to it. Hmmm...that wasn't a good idea as it kinda crystallized.

Ok...moving forward I mixed the two eggs, salt, baking powder and

soda and vanilla in another bowl. (I never follow mixing directions)

By then, the butter had cooled pretty much so I added it to the egg mixture.

Then I added 3 cups of oatmeal flour. Oh boy...the batter didn't look right.

I added one cup of white flour and the batter still didn't look right so I added

an extra cup of oatmeal flour. Now it was really hard to mix but I persevered

and added the chocolate and pecans. I was thinking I was wasting a lot of

expensive ingredients. The cookies looked very shiny...(greasy) but I popped

them into the oven for 16 minutes.

VIOLA...they turned out better than ever. Can you believe it?

Lesson....never give up until the "fat lady BAKES"

:)

Kes~May 11, 2011