On Nov 7, 10:10*pm, maxine in ri > wrote:
> Made far too many cookies, with somewhat dubious results.
>
> First up were the cinnamon meringues. *Basic meringue with a little
> cinnamon added to the sugar before adding that into the egg whites.
> Made the mistake of trying to increase the temperature, and got
> meringues with a big air bubble in the middle that were easily
> broken. *Tasted great.
>
> Next were a double-ginger snap from Real Simple's month of cookies,
> Nov 3. *I used margarine due to milk allergies in some of my
> recipients. *Baked them the recommended time, they were hard as
> rocks. *Great for dipping in coffee or tea, but not for nibbling.
> Backed off on the time twice. *Last batch didn't set in the middle.
>
> Last were the Quaker Oats Chewy Choco-nut cookies sans nuts and
> chocolate but with cranberries. *My Mom used to make them with
> margarine. *Her's were always little pyramids that were soft and
> chewy. *She used old fashioned oats. *I use margarine and old
> fashioned oats. *I chilled the dough. *I ended up with very very flat
> cookies. *Same as always. *I love oatmeal cookies, but don't want them
> this flat.
>
> 24 dozen in all. *And it's not even midwinter.....

Give your margarine cookies to a homeless shelter. Most of those
folks are to ignorant to know the difference anyway.

--Bryan