The amount of times I’ve been messing around in the kitchen and ended up cooking something tasty by accident is countless (there’s also countless times I’ve cooked something barely passable as edible but that’s not helping my point.) After some of my successes I’ve been tempted to try and replicate them with some photos along the way and post the recipes on here.
Yesterday was obviously valentines day, and I thought ‘Hmm a nice cookie recipe will go down a treat’. So I adapted a recipe found online, changing the vanilla extract to almond, changing the sugars and whatnot to make something a bit different.. And it was all going so well!
Try and tell me these don’t look extremely promising! I bet you’re dying to know the recipe, right?!
Well this is how they came out.
Yep. Just one giant mishmash. Don’t get me wrong, they still tasted great, but really that is not a bloggable recipe photo is it?! Who knew they’d spread so much and combine into a tray sized cookie. Not me!
So, I think I’ll stick to going out for food and posting about that. Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday, pancake day of course. A day earlier (because we had to work round both of our calendars of courseeeeee) I went to Bills in Welwyn Garden City for brunch with my friend Emily, where I got these delicious bacon pancakes.
Much more aesthetically pleasing. Bills is a chain across the UK which has a solid brunch menu and is also decent for dinner. Emily had a Fry-Up which looked pretty gooood but she regretted not opting for the pancakes too!
Anyway, thanks for reading about my failings and goings on. I hope you enjoyed and pleaseeeee follow me on here and also at my Instagram @jvrrvdsvul which I update a little more regularly than this blog so you’ll see whats going on before you read about it!
Your post is very fascinating I hella like it.. haha keep it up👍
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Thanks so much!
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You are welcome
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That usually happens to me when I put cookies onto to cook, I cram them in too much and forget how much they are going to spread, you could always call it the sharing ‘cookie’ and put it out for everyone to break one off? I am sure it tasted really nice
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thats what we ended up doing! great minds think alike! It was great 😀
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Could start a new trend 👍
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I think sharing the cookies just makes you more relatable. A lot of things don’t turn out perfect the first time, but you had some tasty cookies!!
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Yeah I guess you’re right actually! And they were v tasty to be fair 😋
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This is hilarious! Don’t worry, it happens to the best of it… plus, if it tastes good, thats a win for me!
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Haha definitely tasted good at least- nothing went to waste!
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Just call it a cookie cake 🎂
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Great idea 😁
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🙂 Just cut it up and pretend its cake
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I was reading along, following as you constructed the cookies, then I saw the results! Good job! My morning laugh!
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Jarrad
You inspired me today. Thank you! 🙂
https://familytreeourstory.com/2018/02/17/my-favouritevery-naughty-cookie-recipe-nigella-lawson/
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Thanks for sharing this recipe, I’ll give it a go!! Your idea of freezing the dough is great too! If you end up making cookies soon I hope they turn out great!!
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Also I do not tend to remove cookies straight from the trays, straight after removing them from the oven. I believe they go through another cooking process once they have left the oven.(Please feel free to correct me or inform me on this) I am a great fan of Nigella Lawson. She uses an ice cream scoop to put her cookie mixture on the trays(a great tip) and she will freeze batches of mixture for next time. I loved doing this, otherwise everything disappeared as soon as I cooked them. I sometimes pull a bunch of frozen mix from the freezer and in 15 mins or so I have freshly baked cookies.
She has a great luxurious chocolate chip cookie recipe(If you are interested, try researching her ‘Totally Chocolate Chip Cookie’ recipe).
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Funny post. Like your first commenter said, it is may be because your oven is running too hot. That melts the butter/shortening I the cookie way too fast causing it to spread everywhere. The other common reason this happens is too much sugar/moisture. Sugar is great for absorbing moisture when cold so the raw cookie looks perfect before being baked. But when baked all that moisture comes out of the the sugar “spreading” the cookie everywhere. Like happened to you. So too hot an oven or much sugar either way they look like they taste great. And yes I guess I am a food blogger ha ha.
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Ah well I reckon it was possibly both of those things then because there was lotssss of sugar! They did taste good though yeah! Haha it’s a talent I’m jealous of !
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Thank you for explaining that.
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I was trying to thank PaulSeesTheWorld for explaining exactly why I sometimes have cookie disasters.
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For full disclosure, I worked in a bakery for 2 years while in college. Probably the best job I ever had.
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That’s a dream job I bet you got to taste plenty !
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Sounds like me in the kitchen honestly! The last time I tried to make cookies it ended up in disaster too, so I feel your pain! #thestruggle
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Hard life isn’t it 😛 some make it look so easy !
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Oh and I normally do a test batch first, so I have a chance to get it right the next time.
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This is a smart idea
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You made me laugh this morning. 🙂
Thank you for that Jarrad. We all have those cooking “disasters” sometimes but every now and again, we discover something new and exciting. In your position. I would have chopped it into little finger slices and maybe iced them. With me cookie problems have normally been about oven temperature.
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Glad you laughed 🙂 ah see that’s where your experience comes into play or maybe I’m just unimaginative!
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