I am rather accident and mistake prone. My friends from high school can attest to the fact that I fell on my face just walking down the halls at school than really seemed even possible. But alas it was.
In particular, my cooking mistakes are famous. Hence, the title of this blog and how it began.
I have made huge strides in the cooking department, but that does not mean that sometimes it just does not work out.
Yesterday, I tried a new cookie recipe. The dough was delicious, but the cooking thereof had issues...
First off, they didn't rise at all. Perhaps because my baking soda has been expired for nine months. Hmm... Because they never got puffy, they were really hard to get off the cookie sheet, which means they looked like we had taken a bite out of each one. You know, for quality control.
While the first batch of cookies was in the oven I went in search of our second silicon baking sheet to put on the cookie sheet so I don't have to scrub dishes. Because I don't like doing that very much. I couldn't find it, so I just decided to use wax paper instead. Five minutes later we started to smell melting plastic coming from the oven and Brad discovered that the wax paper box said "Do not expose to direct heat of oven." What a waste of cookie dough.
I make a lot of bread. Usually it goes well, but the last several times, not so much. There was the time that it just decided not to rise in the oven at all and we had very short bread (hey, it fits in sandwich bags much easier), the time that I fell asleep while rocking baby girl and forgot about the bread in the oven for 20 minutes past the timer going off (we just cut off the burnt crust, preschool style), and the time that I totally forgot that I had started making bread and it rose so much it dribbled onto the counter.
Speaking of baking distasters. Look what I found! I'm not the only one who has tried to make Blue Velvet cake. The question is, which looks less appetizing (picture at the bottom of the link)?
