The Christmas baking did not go so well today. I think I haven’t gotten used to the new oven yet, so I kept overbaking the cookies. Not burning them, not even close. Just darker than I want. I am very picky about my chocolate chip cookies, which is something my new oven apparently does not understand.
But that’s okay. There’s always tomorrow. And tomorrow, our 5-year-old neighbor is going to come and help me cut out sugar cookies. I went over today to ask if she wanted to help, and as I waited on the doorstep, I felt very silly. “Can your daughter come and play with me?” Today she was going to see Santa, but she’s going to come and help me tomorrow. I am going to let her borrow my apron, and we are going to rock the house. I’ve still got sugar cookies and peanut blossoms to make. I thought she might be pretty good at getting those Hershey Kisses right in the middle. Her dad told me she likes to pretend she is Rachael Ray. Is that adorable or what?
(Maybe we’ll even make some more chocolate chip cookies to replace these that I’m so unhappy with. But I have baked with children before, so I am not counting on it.)
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It would’ve been very cute if that’s how you asked your neighbor. :chuckle: [Sorry that the baking didn't go the way you wanted.]
good thing it wasn’t that she likes to pretend to be Bobby Flay.
I can happily provide you with my taste-testing services to make sure your peanut butter blossoms are safe for consumption.
Dave, your sacrifice inspires us all. Mike has been doing that work himself, however, and prefers that I not outsource it.
Scott: I did have to tell her that Rachael Ray doesn’t bake. She seemed okay with it. She didn’t try standing on the counters or anything like Bobby Flay would.
Good luck! Hopefully you’ll have some perfect sugar cookies to go along with your chocolate chip cookies!
for the record, i saw that he was very sorry about standing on the counter during a show about his career or something. he talked about how he just got caught up in the moment and had no idea it was such a faux pas.
stop the hate!