C is for: Cookie {and it's good enough for me!} - e is for eat

September 27,2024

Courtesy: Sesame Street The fun and interesting thing about starting a blog, (particularly a food blog) is the feedback you get from your friends, family, and co-workers. Everyone has an opinion, a suggestion for a recipe or restaurant, and I love it! It’s become far more social and interactive than I ever imagined. But when my friend Felipe suggested on Facebook that I do “cookie” for C week (ala Mr. Cookie Monster), I was terrified. No, not of the cookie monster, but of baking. A baker I am not. When I cook, I’m totally the type of person who won’t necessarily measure things out…I just add what I think looks right and go from there until it tastes the way I think it should. But baking is literally science. I actually did really well in high school chemistry (thanks to my wonderful teacher, Mr. Barlow) but for some reason when I bake, it just doesn’t come out right. Exhibit A: “The Valentine’s Day Cookies.” I wish I had taken a photo of these beauties. They actually tasted great, but they turned out flat. Like, really, really, flat. Like, pancake flat. Sadly, most of my baking endeavors have ended in catastrophe, […]