I chose the novel, The Great Cookie Book by Nordic Ware for my nonfiction novel because I love to bake and want to get better at it. My inspiration for this particular recipe was the motivation from my group to make a treat for 5min. of Festive Fun tomorrow in class, which is why it's a win win situation; I get a blog post done and our treat done as well. We all pretty much decided that Chocolate drop cookies were a good idea and so I decided to take a risk and make this cookie that I have never made before.
I beat all my ingredients together with an electric mixer (butter, vanilla, sugar, egg, baking chocolate) and then only stirred in the flour, salt, and baking soda. You are supposed to stir the dry ingredients so that the electric mixer doesn't make them fly everywhere.
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Normally after my cookies come out of the oven I try to move them without waiting for them to cool
and they end up falling apart. This time however, I followed the instructions of the book, "Cool completely, about 30 minuets" (53). My cookies this time did not fall apart and came out really well.
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| (4) Fresh out the oven |
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| (5) Chocolate Frosting, (6) Peppermint sprinkles |
Finished product:
Questions:
1. Have you ever followed the recipe and have the thing you were making still turn out bad? If so, What were you making?
or
2. Have you ever done something that the directions didn't inform you to do and have the thing you were making turn out good or maybe even better than when you followed the directions?
(It honestly took me at least 3 tries before getting the chocolate frosting decent because it kept turning out too sweet even though I was following the directions exactly. I ended up using a little milk and extra chocolate and less powdered sugar than the directions said and it was better than before.)
Hey Jazel! I really liked your post because
ReplyDelete1. It's food
2. It looks bomb as heck
3. It inspires me to bake
But I this post really makes me want to go out there, get a cook book and start baking/cooking things. I remember how you brought these to school, they were suuppperrr good! (:
and yes to the first question, I've made cookies once from scratch and they turned out really weird and dry. It was probably because I was in elementary school and tried to bake by myself haha.
Thanks Simrit, I really enjoyed baking these cookies and hearing your story. Thanks for commenting!
DeleteMan Jazel another great post. You should write a book. I've tried to make these cookies before and they turned out really good! I also tried to make cereal before but accidently added salt instead of sugar, typical mistake. Honestly quite embarrassed about that one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Abby! It's okay just make sure to take your time and add in the right ingredients. I've done something similar to that before. Instead of adding a teaspoon of baking soda I added a tablespoon. Thanks for commenting!
DeleteFood is the greatest gift of life, and honestly those look delicious! I've followed tons of recipes word by word, and only for my dish to taste and look like dirt. Maybe I'm just not cut out for cooking, but you certainly are. Keep up the good work! :)
ReplyDeleteAw thanks Amran!! I agree with you food is definitely the greatest gift of life. Also there have been times where I have followed the recipe and it turned out HORRIBLE, so don't be discouraged and just keep trying.
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