Saturday I woke up wanting to make cookies! Not just any cookies. I had not yet tried out my new cookie press or Taste of Home Cookies cookbook both from Christmas. So around 3:00 I got down to cookie making business. I picked out a Pecan Spritz recipe and, after one quick run to the store when I realized I was out of butter, I was off!
I have to admit I was surprised at how much butter was used in these cookies. It also took a cup of crushed pecans and a lot of flour. I used pecans off our tree outside that had already been shelled but my food processor was playing hide-and-go-seek so I resorted to crushing them with a mallet. Apparently I did not get them all crushed up good enough and had some problems with the dough getting stopped up when I used the cookie press.
Finally some were done and it was time for taste testing. Verdict: No good. They did not really taste like anything at all. So the batter went in the trash and the baked cookies are going to a good home in small children's tummies.
I was so sad that my cookie experiment failed so later that night I got together with a friend and we made Sugar Cookies and Snickerdoodles. They were amazing. Moral of the story: Always have sugar cookie ingredeance lying about for emergancies!
Saturday I woke up wanting to make cookies! Not just any cookies. I had not yet tried out my new cookie press or Taste of Home Cookies cookbook both from Christmas. So around 3:00 I got down to cookie making business. I picked out a Pecan Spritz recipe and, after one quick run to the store when I realized I was out of butter, I was off!
that's awesome, and that has happen to me many times..it breaks your heart to throw away all that hard work. Good job for getting back on the horse or cookie making that is...LOL
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Cute story! Very sad that your pecan cookies didn't turn out. Spritz cookies are a bit tricky.
ReplyDeleteYey! for sugar cookies though! I was thinking about making flower shaped ones. :-)
You are making me hungrey!!