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Cappy
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 Posted: 12/16/04 - 15:44 Post subject: Re: my cookies are flat
| rolling rock wrote: |  why does this happen? |
Are they edible?
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rolling rock
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 15:45 Post subject:
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Yeah I was gonna tell her the old saying... anything more than a mouthful is just wasted anyways.... |
do you know how many times i heard that in college?
yeah, me neither.
kidding. extreme kidding happening.
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rolling rock
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 15:51 Post subject: Re: my cookies are flat
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Are they edible? |
yes, they're edible, they just look odd... but brie likes them that way so she validates my baking endeavor today. thanks brie 
the true test will be when the kid comes home.
if he laughs, NONE for him.
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Cappy
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 15:55 Post subject: Re: my cookies are flat
| rolling rock wrote: |
yes, they're edible, they just look odd... but brie likes them that way so she validates my baking endeavor today. thanks brie
the true test will be when the kid comes home.
if he laughs, NONE for him. |
A cookie is a cookie, and cookies made by mom are the bestest
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gretriever
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 16:37 Post subject:
The Three Stooges had this problem in a movie once*. They baked a cake and it came out of the oven flat. They filled it up with gas from the stove**.
Just a suggestion.
* As opposed to real life
** The fact the cake exploded is beside the point.
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airehead
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 17:16 Post subject:
A good culinary distraction:
Use them to make mini ice cream sandwiches. Roll the sides in mini chocolate chips and freeze.
Flat ones make better ice cream sandwiches anyway.
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HighHeat
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 17:20 Post subject:
Put them out for the pigeons with my crispy chicken skins.
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 17:27 Post subject:
I'll eat them.
--FA4life 
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genie
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 17:53 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: |
my daughter tells me a girl at her lunch table brings raw slice and bake cookie dough in her lunch every day....  |
That would be my kid if I had one.....
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 12/16/04 - 18:12 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | The Three Stooges had this problem in a movie once*. They baked a cake and it came out of the oven flat. They filled it up with gas from the stove**.
Just a suggestion.
* As opposed to real life
** The fact the cake exploded is beside the point. |
Emeril you aint.
I think the cookies are fine. I hear Achey might like a little finger added though.
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Posted: 12/17/04 - 10:05 Post subject:
You know, for years I was plagued by the desire to make my choc chhip cookies just like Spunky Foodmeister's or whatever they are called... Watching food channel and one day they do a story about Spunky Foodmeister's cookies - the secret ? bake at 280 for 20 minutes. They come out soft and gooey and perfect.
So now I bake my frozen, cut and bake cookies at 280 for 18 minutes in the toaster oven. El perfecto !!!
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Posted: 12/17/04 - 10:12 Post subject:
my caramels didn't turn out  I "knew" I shouldn't have waited for the candy thermometer to read 240......I just knew that they were "done" 5 minutes earlier.
the taste test period was worth it though  ......brings back lots of memories of my sisters and I with our glass of water. "mom, is it time to test yet?"
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Posted: 12/17/04 - 11:09 Post subject:
I got a recipe from my mom last week for peanut butter sugar cookies. I used to "help" her make them as a kid, then decorate them afterwards. I am proud to say, I made them, and they taste almost the same. I ran out of confectionary sugar though, so no frosting...
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akern
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Posted: 12/17/04 - 11:59 Post subject:
All cookies are flat. If they're not it's a cupcake!!
If it doesn't come cut into squares already I don't bake it. The other day Nichole said I made pretty good cookies even tho I don't make them right. 
This is where I'd like to tell "Grandma Miss Bakes Alot" to work a full time job, provide 3 meals a day to her family, do laundry, clean the house run a few miles and then see how much time is left for mixing cookie batter. MIX THAT BATTER!! But I'm not bitter or anything. 
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Posted: 12/17/04 - 12:01 Post subject:
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This is where I'd like to tell "Grandma Miss Bakes Alot" to work a full time job, provide 3 meals a day to her family, do laundry, clean the house run a few miles and then see how much time is left for mixing cookie batter. MIX THAT BATTER!! But I'm not bitter or anything. |
Maybe you just need to work on your time management skills...
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