effika

@effika

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My hobbies are all excuses to collect pretty colors. I enjoy knitting, sewing, running, trombone-ing, gardening, & sci-fi short stories. Coding when necessitated and occasionally for fun. Microbiology for fun & (non-)profit.

effika @effika12/15/2023, 8:57 PM

Cookie Gamble?

I saw Peppermint Bark cookies in the King Arthur newsletter last weekend and have had the recipe open since, planning to bake them soon. Reloaded it today and it went from no reviews to 2.1 stars! Nobody is having a good time with these!

I don't think I should make these, as an only-ok cookie baker. I feel like the safest course is to add crushed peppermint and white chocolate to a double chocolate chip cookie.

I also feel like maybe I'll be the one to have them turn out, since the recipe looks like shortbread (kinda) and I've been making that since I was 5.

Do I gamble??

#baking cookies #baking #the cohost baking feed #decisions decisions

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Kinda Nerdy Housewife @kindanerdyhousewife12/16/2023, 2:40 PM

Glancing quickly through the negative reviews, it looks like a lot of people were expecting chewy fluffy cookies and not a crunchy, crumbly shortbread. I'd say your safe as long and your go in knowing what to expect.

effika @effika12/16/2023, 4:35 PM

Yeah, I think this recipe just attracted people who weren't expecting shortbread. I've got the dough chilling right now and it went together just fine for a shortbread cookie (with a few spoons of water since my flour was dry)!