No Goodwill No Goodcookies

[susandennis]

I skipped the walk today after all but I have only now (2 pm) put my ass in a chair so I'm ok with not going. I've been making what will likely turn out to be a useless mess all day.

Plus a few trips down to the dumpsters.

I made the sugar cookies from the new, to me, recipe and they did not work. It is so hard to get butter to soft when the temperature is 62 degrees... inside. I tried but I think that's the main reason the cookie didn't work.

While they were in the fridge before rolling, I made a batch of buttercream frosting. What a mess. Ugh. Just in the middle of it, I remembered once that I bought some perfectly good buttercream frosting from the Safeway bakery once. I'm totally doing that again.

Biggie licked the beaters. He thought it was Fine. It's orange just because.

Actually, the first tray full of cookies is now cool and maybe they are not so bad. Most need to go back into the oven for about 5 mins but the one little one that was done didn't taste bad at all... hmmm

I do love my new oven! I have two trays in their now.

Biggie lost interest once I cleaned up all the dishes - the four million bowls I used and the lickable options. I just looked and he's on my bed under the comforter. A lump. He's such a character.

Comments

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I always leave the butter out for several hours before I make cookies, that didn't help?

[legalmoose]

The husband had the opposite problem and let the butter (well, margarine for my lactard self) get too warm before mixing, so it all ran out of the dough as they cooked. The flavor profile is good, but there're a little on the overly crunchy side.

[susandennis]

That's what I wanted... crunchy!! I cooked them twice as long as the recipe called for and the latter batches are better. But then, turns out, the buttercream is too stiff to pipe. Sigh. So they are the ugliest cookies on the planet but they taste ok.

[kit10notk9.livejournal.com]

Biggie approved!
I still have mental lists of "cat approved foods" that are great go-to comfort foods.

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

I remember how you were so dedicated to your swimming. You seemed to really enjoy it.

[susandennis]

I love swimming so much. I am counting the days until I can get back to it. It is now 227 days until the bridge is repaired and I can get to the pool again in 10 minutes (instead of the 45-75 minutes it takes now)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I just looked and he's on my bed under the comforter. A lump.

A cat we had for a few years when I was a child (before it was discovered that my mother was allergic) used to spend much of the day under the bedspread on my parents' bed.