oatmeal cookies: part deaux
On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:58:12 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:
> On Jun 12, 8:50*am, Andy > wrote:
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> > > I only baked half the batch of cookies last week. *Took the rest
> > > of it out of the freezer yesterday and tried again. *Same batch,
> > > different method. *This recipe doesn't spread like chocolate chip
> > > cookies usually do and apparently I didn't flatten them enough the
> > > last time. *This time, I manhandled the dough. *I squashed each scoop
> > > with a spatula and then I picked it up and pinched it even thinner
> > > with my fingers. *At most, they were only about the thickness of a
> > > chocolate chip. *This time they weren't too poofy and stayed soft
> > > enough for me, although they still didn't look like the picture. *The
> > > bottom was perfect, a medium brown, and the top slightly less brown.
> > > Maybe the baking powder was spent by this time, but whatever it was
> > > worked for me. *I bought some margarine yesterday and found an
> > > interesting 5 grain oatmeal mix in the bulk section that I want to try
> > > in my next batch of oatmeal cookies. *Raisins were amazingly expensive
> > > at $3.59 a pound; but I got some anyway, so the next batch will have
> > > raisins instead of chocolate chips in it. *Maybe I'll buy some rum and
> > > soak the raisins in that for a day or two before I use them. *Hm.
> >
> > You and Sheldon belong togher!
> >
> > Andy
>
> togher? Drunk again, I see.
I don't know what his problem is (nor do I care), but I can spot
flying fingers with the spell checker turned off so I won't hop on
that one the way you did.
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