I Failed The Dreamwidth Litmus Test

[jpegghost]

One funeral later, I have the rest of today and tomorrow off. Yay! Time to devote it all to school or Animal Crossing.

Unlike the rest of Dreamwidth's userbase, I am terrible at baking. I can cook just about anything and do it well, but baking is too exact a science for me. Candy-making even more so.
I have been gleefully collecting recipe cards from my family for a while now because I enjoy the antiquity of recipe boxes, and a few days ago my cousin from the Austrian side of the family had unearthed some ancient cookie, kolachy, and stöllen recipes from my grandparent's basement. Alex immediately got excited for the spice cookies, and I warily accepted the task of ruining relations with my deceased grandmother.

Let me explain myself. The archaic card said I should roll those bastards into 'walnut sized balls' and put on a baking sheet. I don't eat a lot of walnuts. I don't know how big walnuts are. I never crack open a cold walnut with the boys. I put some circles on the sheet and when I pulled them out of the oven ten minutes later, they were all merging and i had to quickly divide them. They became square.
Beforehand, Alex grabbed a maybe-walnut-sized ball of raw dough, shoved it in his mouth, then proclaimed "It tastes like the old country!"

Thank you for your input, sir.

Regardless of my boyfriend's antics and my inability to foresee cookies spreading and morphing together like one large brick, they are extremely delicious and Alex and I have been shoveling them into our faces.

Comments

[amejisuto]

See, I'd chill the dough before baking, so the butter wouldn't melt as quick in the oven, stopping them from spreading everywhere. But that's just me. Seems like you did a good job despite not knowing what size walnuts are. The main purpose is to make something yummy for your tummy. It's not like the judges from the Great British Bake Off are going to appear in your kitchen.

[jpegghost]

Good idea, I should try that next time. Considering how fast we have gone through them, I am guessing I'll be making them again soon!