How does one manage to screw up Toll House Cookies? I guess, in absence of other factors, by stubborn choice: Not following directions.
Why do I always convince myself that a little tweak here and there, a minor deviation from the norm, a little footpath off the main road will still get me where I want to go. I am not a leader, but it seems I make an even lousier follower. Self-inflicted kinks in life are totally unnecessary, yet some of us tend to thrive on them. This is most likely not a good way to be. More interesting—definitely. Involves more time—you bet. Kicks up the stress level a notch—I’d have to say, yes. Engages the brain to a deeper level—hopefully, this is the payoff.
Has anyone contested the Jell-O box directions not to use fresh pineapple? Would you like to know what happens?
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Oh well…I still have the cheese and crackers.
Toldya not to worry. I “fixed” the cookies, made some cherry bars, and the cupcakes.
Just wait until the Narratives has their big summer barbeque here; I’m better at potato salad.
Can we have that barbeque before I leave? Oh wait…this isn’t supposed to be about food.
Susan, I don’t know what happens if one uses fresh pineapple in Jell-O but I do know what happens when gets creative and uses NINE eggs in a meatloaf, five of them boiled and strategically placed in the center of the loaf.
It was supposed to look pretty.
Hehehe.
If it can’t be cooked on a George Foreman Grill, I have no business cooking it at all.
I know! I know! It never gels because of the acid in the pineapple writes Loretta who served liquid jellow at Thanksgiving because she never read the side of the box…..
Being married to a chef for the past 17 years hasn’t helped my tollhouse cookies. They always come out flat. I swear by this recipe. You can make enough for an army or split it in half and eat them all yourself.
MRS. FIELDS COOKIES
5c. Finely ground Oatmeal/use food processor
4C. Flour
2C. Butter 350 Degrees
2C. Sugar 15 minutes
2C. Brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Baking powder
24 oz. Bag choco. chips
1 C. chopped nuts
For a real sweet treat, grind up a large chocolate bar to go in it, or add M & M’s, or what ever your little heart desires.
Thanks, folks, your comments & recipes have made me feel better already. Loretta, for some reason I just KNEW you’d have done the pineapple & jello bit just like me! Although I tried it out of pure rebellion.
Is this an aspersion on my culinary skills? Well, I nevah….have met a recipe that I couldn’t screw up. Someday I’ll tell ya about muy brillaint idea to add a box of pudding mix to my husband’s birthday cake. You see all the box mixes that say “pudding in the mix”, so I added my own….only I didn’t think to add any extra liquid to the ingredients. Can you say cake as dry as sawdust with a mouthful of cake as dry as sawdust…sigh…back to the bakery! Whatever was I thinking??