I decided to make oatmeal cookies last week. I followed a recipe from a cookbook exactly and they came out…. well…
Yeah. I was like what?! So I did this immediately after:
I turned them into little cookie balls, but I was still determined to make the cookies look like normal oatmeal cookies.
So I tried again and they came out flat and big:
At that point I knew I had to adjust the recipe or figure something else out.
The cookbook is pretty popular, so I browsed some online forums and other people were complaining that their cookies came out the same way. I didn’t feel so bad! I checked out some recommendations and made some modifications.
My perfected recipe and cookie picture will be in my next post 🙂
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Have you ever had a baking/cooking fail?
[I had a pumpkin pie fail in November… LOL]
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One time, I was making apple muffins. I had just put them in the oven when the power failed. They turned out very dense and soggy rather than light and muffinny. Totally not my fault, so I tried again a few days later. That time, I forgot to put sugar in them. Oops. Next time, though, I made perfect apple muffins. 🙂
Hahaha I have no idea why that first picture is making me laugh so hard, it’s like a cookie blanket! I love your idea of making them into balls though! 🙂
I have baking fails quite often in these parts haha
I have cooking fails ALL THE TIME. I don’t know what I would have done if I ended up with that big flat cookie pancake. Probably just picked off pieces and ate it. 🙂
This is why baking scares me. I wouldn’t know what to do and I probably would have had a full blow panic episode and thrown the cookies out the window.
Ahh! I bet they still taste amazing though! And I like the idea of cookie balls, haha.
I had this EXACT same thing happen–but it was with a chocolate-raspberry cookie recipe. Ended up with one giant sheet of cookie. And I’d made the recipe twice before, so I have no idea what went wrong that one round.
We must be super different Allie. I would have looked at those and said-ah success and not thought anything else of it. I’m glad you found somewhere to modify it and such!
man ! I did that last week too! ugh! totally part of baking!
haha the first picture made me laugh but those cookie balls look SO good!! You don’t learn unless you fail at something so I am sure the ones that work are amazing 🙂
Ha whoopsie! The cookie balls look good at least! I haven’t had a baking fail in a while… but I feel like I am due for one soon!
Oh man! That’s strange!!! At least they were still edible! I am trying to start baking more often, so I am sure I will have a few fails in the near future…
haha I made cookies once that look exactly like your first picture!
Idk how any not-burnt, edible, and tasty-looking cookie could be considered a fail!!
I think you might actually have the next great idea since cake balls right here 🙂 Cookie Balls!!