Thursday, February 16, 2012

Oatmeal cookies: "Yeah. They tasted funny."

I made oatmeal cookies from scratch tonight.

How much vanilla do you think I was supposed to put in them anyway?

I had written it all down except THAT.  So like any lazy chef, I just took a shot in the dark (rather than go look up the recipe again.  That would take an entire three minutes you know!).  

I poured the vanilla into it's own cap (a small bottle) and tossed that in.  Then I may have added a SMIDGE more........




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So when we were getting ready to go to bed, I asked my husband, "Hey did you get a cookie?"*

To which the voice from the dark says "Yeah.  They tasted funny."



Whatever.  Clearly he doesn't know what he is talking about.  I had four of them already.  They do taste a wee bit heavy on the vanilla.  I could just call them "Vanilla Oatmeal Cookies" as if it were some gourmet thing I made up.




*I only really asked because he was in a bad mood.  My first attempt to make conversation about outdoorsy stuff was a flop.  So I went with cookie chat.  Which was apparently also a flop since he thinks they taste "funny."  I think he is still bitter that I got a case of the diarrheas on Valentines night.  I'VE SAID TOO MUCH. 

4 comments:

  1. My husband made Irish Soda bread with baking powder instead of baking soda. Since it is Irish SODA bread, he quickly realized his mistake.

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  2. Funny! Hey, I think a smidge more vanilla would be fine, who doesn't like vanilla? Oh, sorry, apparently your hubby. :-)

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  3. In my mind, when you guestimate even one ingredient amount on a recipe, the results are then your own creation! "Oh yes, this is totally my recipe." Of course, I only take credit if the food turns out yummy. When the food turns out "funny" tasting- "Hmmm... not sure what happened. Something must be wrong with the recipe." :)

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  4. Hey, you can never have too much vanilla! I actually never measure mine. I have a big plastic bottle of it (I think I got it at Sam's) and I just put a few squirts in the batter. So what if it's a little more than a teaspoon? :-P

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