Around Thanksgiving, I found some boxes of Krusteze cookie mix at the store. I had used it a few years ago and remembered that I had been very happy. The dough was easy to work with and the cookies tasted great. Unfortunately, my experience with sugar cookies is that the easier the dough is to work with, the worse the cookies taste. Anyway, shortly after Thanksgiving my little one wanted to bake cookies and insisted that those were the ones she wanted. The box gave directions for a big batch and a little batch and there were two bags of white stuff in the box. I decided to make a small batch so I just took one bag of white stuff, and, as the directions said, added 1/4 cup water. It made a dough but one that was very sticky and hard to roll. I put it in the freezer for a little while and we managed but it was a *(&^ to work with. I finally got them in the oven, but before the timer went off, I smelled something burning. My cookies had melted and were scoarching. Into the trash they went.
Yesterday I decided to try again. I made sure I measured carefully because I figured I must have added too much water last time--what else could it be since water is all you add. I used one bag of mix, and, per the small box directions, added 1/4 cup water. It was a crumbly mess. I carefully added a smigen of water at a time until I got a dough I could work with. Since they came out ok, I opened the other box, and figured I'd mix up one packet from it. After I dumped the bag, I noticed the printing on the bag--icing. Yep, I had baked icing. I added 1/2 cup water to the next bag of mix, and it was easy to work with and tasted good.
LOL... sounds like something I would do which is why I don't bake cookies. I made our Bits of Brickle pie (no baking required) yesterday and the pecan pie is in the oven.
ReplyDeleteAbigail made sugar cookies last weekend with NO help from me... and from scratch. I was impressed. I asked if she wanted to study Culinary at the W
That's a popular field to study, but one a lot of people don't stick out--restaurant hours are horrible and while the elite can make big bucks, most of them don't
ReplyDeleteWe were joking with her saying that a double major in Culinary and Theater and she could open a Dinner Theater....
ReplyDeleteAbigail actually wants to go to Montevallo which is BIG into drama. She'll have to get a full ride if she wants to major in Drama... otherwise if we're footing part of the bill she'll major in Secondary Ed English (her other choice) with a minor in Drama.... unless of course she changes in her mind in the next four years