I am having the worst morning. Can I just tell you?
There’s, like, NOTHING the Monkey wants to do. But, she keeps asking me for a treat: “I wan a treat, Momma!” Problem is, I don’t have any treats in the pantry. I’m pretty sure a little birdie ate the organic cookies I bought yesterday, or this guy….
Thimbletack from Spiderwick Chronicles.
So, I’ve been trying to make cookies. Trying.
Alas, I think it’s time I admit: I CANNOT BAKE COOKIES.
Every time I try, it’s a disaster. It started off great with wooden spoon and EVERYTHING! I felt so…16th century (LOVE) — except for the stainless steel bowl….
But, then, it all fell apart. I tried to roll the batter into balls, and it crumbled in my hands…. I added oil to it. Made it worse….
In all fairness, though, as the baking went along, Rascal started increasingly to kvetch until he was in full-out WAILING mode. My relaxing wooden-spoon baking zone turned into a maddening, shrill zone of frustration — to put it mildly — for which I had no patience whatsoever.
I gave up. Gave Monkey a Larabar , and put Rascal and Monkey in the double stroller, and turned up my ipod to full blast. Mama needed to air out….
How are you at baking cookies? Anyone else have this cookie curse? Anyone have a good, easy, HEALTHY recipe to share?? LOVE….
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Heather July 3rd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I can help ! Did you know my mom’s a nutritionist ? She is. But she is not practicing (except on our family, when we ask) and she is very different from the Lovely Lori. She’s not organic, but not anti-organic. She is moderate. Seriously, I have never known someone so moderate. So if you wish, I can send you the recipe I’ve been using since I was about 12. Or I can ask her for her bean cookie recipe ? Imagine, a cookie with protein !
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LAVENDULA July 3rd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Haley my baking nemesis is frikkin’ pastry…and for some weird freaky reason that i can’t figure out just before i get my moon cycle i get these impulses to bake and AND i fudge up everything! but on a normal day i just use a basic recipe for cookies or muffins and make them with whatever i have on hand and they always turn out.
LD July 4th, 2008 at 7:00 am
I bake ALL the time, and yesterday I made some all-bran cookies that were gross but matt loved them.
I’ll send you my healthy-ish cookie recipe if I can find it.
I’m kind of better with muffins. Yummy.
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ali July 4th, 2008 at 7:31 am
i make a MEAN cookie.
come over and i’ll teach you my ways ;)
Bubba July 4th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Wow…sorry to hear you’re having trouble with cookies. Not sure how much help I’d be, because Bubba is really good at making the fattening, surely unhealthy stuff. However, if my cookie batter looked like the two bowls…looks like you’d need more flour.
Hang in there! You’ll get it! :)
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Multi-Tasking Mommy July 4th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Ok, sweetie…I have to tell you a little secret. Your problem is that you are trying to make “healthy” cookies ;) JUST KIDDING!
Honestly though, my mentality on baking is to do it less often, but to go for the real thing (unless it’s muffins, I’m ok with making, eating and enjoying healthy muffins)!
I tried ONE healthy cookie recipe (the Deceptively Delicious ones with chick peas) and they literally fell apart, that was the last time I will ever try a healthier cookie.
So, long story short–I don’t have any good recipes to share, unless you want the “real deal”.
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Cyndi July 5th, 2008 at 8:23 am
I like to make oatmeal cookies. Most of the best recipes that I have made have come from the back of an oatmeal box.
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JD July 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I bake the chick pea cookies from Deceptively Delicious all the time and they are yummy! I teach a Mommy and Baby dance/fitness class and I always take them on the last day and they are always a hit with the Moms.
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