My First Cookies

baked these tonight
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they have a lovely black layer on the bottom
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i like how i started out making 20 cookies but ended up with one big sheet

i like that too :)

aw lingy!

awww

<3

q: did you buy a whisk?

!!!!!

did u bake them on aluminum foil like that

i actually feel kind of ;_;

did they stick to the foil? did you spray it first?

nope tza

i sought advice from a bartell employee.
"do you bake much?" i asked
she gave me a weird look and said "sometimes"
but then she was a fountain of warm and friendly wisdom once i explained my situation. she said a whisk would be a bad choice for cookie dough because it's way too thick. she said it would be better for things like cake batter, but that if worse came to worst, i could just use a fork. so i saved $10.49 + tax

i would eat them

i put them on foil because i don't have a cookie sheet. just a broiling pan or whatever it's called. so i used the bottom of the pan. i used foil because it was dirty and grooved, so i thought maybe it would be ok. i tried.

nononono the whisk for mixing the flour + baking soda + salt evenly

so is it bad to use foil and a pan like that?

also, i just used a fork for f + bs + s

though a fork is ok for that if you do it a long time yeah xp

the top layer of cookie is good. i was trying to think of the bottom layer of char as being tolerable like a charred smore marshmallow, but it didn't work.

they will cook unevenly if you do that and stick to it, also give you cancer

anyway i hate acting like a food expert, you did good congrats

actually i used a fork at first, then a wooden spoon

they didn't stick to the foil at all

nononono the whisk for mixing the flour + baking soda + salt evenly

this. wooden spoon for battering!

cancer ;_;

oh xpost good job!

what was the emergency ?

thanks harbl. so could the thickness of the pan have contributed to the bottom burn? it's thicker than a cookie sheet i think.

it wasn't an emergency, just a concern. i was worried that it would be too salty because i used salted butter and 1 tsp salt, but all i spoke to said not to worry.

i am not sure. i never used a roasting pan to bake cookies (i am not trying to be condescending here! it's true!). your oven could also be miscalibrated or any number of things could be wrong with it. i hate electric ovens.

i don't own a cookie sheet either though! my oven was too small for mine

so what do you use?

i just don't make cookies at my apartment

well that is a shame.

i will do it this week at parents' house probably

i have not made cookies since last year's finals studying/gingersnap marathon. maybe i will also do it this week at parents' house. probably.

also i need to learn some fancy ass dessert that my friend can promote as me being good at baking for some auction.

post pix of yr cookies on here.

can i have some cookies porn

to tide you over, some rose napoleon porn:
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would smash

be careful the flaky layers are v v delicate

whoa does it taste like roses?

it is rosewater-scented, yes

the pastry creme, that is. not the flaky layers.

is it s good source of vitamin c for chinchillas

lmao

i also made this one:
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also has vit c bt not for chinchillas for cueties.

what is it

your cookies look like a butt

i forgot the name.

basically: candied oranges, pastry creme w/ grand marnier, and sponge cakes (from scratch) done in a spring form and flipped for presentation.

you forgot the name of the butt cookies?!!!??!!

lingberts, obv

lingbutt?

"i made a dozen lingberts for the party"
"you mean that one bulbous cookie?"

cookies should be more pale then

you seem irritated by my cookie thread

i love this thread, i just showed it to f. and we had a good chuckle.

good old f..

i love your cookie thread

cookie

i have a question, in all those cookie parts, was there one tough cookie?

Hey im makin cookies with friends today!!! But im not in charge of baking im in charge of hot buttered rum

I'm sure it will be much appreciated! I have never had this is it like drinking butter because the thought of that freaks me out a lot.

No not really. Closer to drinking honey I think. Its really rich though. I had some at little branch last week. I will report back on the rum thread

you should really try making cookies on your own sometime, max. really toughens you up. puts hair on your chest.

hot buttered rum sounds gross actually. but i might be interested in knowing how it is.

It was great when made by a professional but it remains to be seen what will happen when i do it myself.

I will keep you in my thoughts. I don't like the idea of drinking honey or butter! Rum maybe.

im not really sure why i said honey, i guess cause its rich and sweet

you may be interested to know: while todays recipes for hot buttered rum call for rum and batter to be topped off with 3-4 cups of boiling water, in ye olden dayes the drink was prepared by mixing rum, butter, water and spices and then plunging a white-hot poker into the brew until it stopped steaming

I am very interested to know that yes!

Still not convinced this is something ppl should drink!

im going to go prepare the batter now

Ok see that is just wrong! A drink made from batter?!?!

well its not really batter--its like a bowl of butter + brown sugar + cinammon + nutmeg + cloves... and you scoop a little bit out, put it in a mug w/ some rum and add boiling water

That is gross, max :(

protip for you max: ditch everything else and ratchet up the nutmeg quantity. won't taste that good but you'll thank me later!

Hah!

Also: check lingbert droppin culinary protips like woah

this worked out well btw--really its mostly rum & hot water w/ some spices and just barely enuf sugar/butter to make it thick & rich

i still love this thread, i enjoy reading about endeavors.

in rummaging through cabinets and determining we did not have a good alcohol for hot toddy, sister suggested hot buttered rum. i said 'oh haillll no!'.
raspberry ginger mojitos ensued.

dont knock it till yovve tried it!