Cuthbert

lol

The Batlord

Go **** yourself if you could do nothing all day but bake cookies you'd be a happy limey.

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Cuthbert

I love cookies.

The Batlord

**** yeah cookies@@@

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Frownland

You have to eat the fresh eggs, Janzs.

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Chiomara

You should!! It can be really relaxing. And there's soooo many resources online now too. (I used to have a lot of issues getting cookies to turn out just right till I read that you should always refrigerate the dough before baking-- they taste better and they keep their shape better. And of course there's so many little things that can drastically alter the end result; I think that's why some people get frustrated with it easily and don't find it fun)
I hoard recipes, so if you ever need one I likely have it. I want to make a boozy cake of some kind soon.

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Cuthbert

Agree on the relaxing bit (about cooking in general, I don't think I've ever baked anything, not cookies or cakes anyway).

Spending an entire Saturday in the kitchen doing something from scratch, bit of music on, nice weather, is one of my favourite things to do. Very nice.

The Batlord

OMG refrigerate the dough. I never heard of that but now I want to make cookies.

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Frownland

Same here. Not big on baking (not huge on sweets overall tbh), but cooking is one of my favourite hobbies.

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Chiomara

TIL vodka + sweet tea = good.

Bat, yes, refrigerate the dough!! And be sure not to overmix the batter. It also helps to make sure the eggs and butter [if using] are room temperature before using. Also if you're ever feeling lazy you can always just modify a decent store-bough mix slightly; you can get pretty good results so long as you make the icing from scratch or whatever. And I've mentioned this before, but the Ghiradelli brownie mix is amaaazing if you sub the vegetable oil for coconut oil [has to be the organic kind though; the cheap LouAna brand did not taste the same at all] and use room temp coffee OR kahlua in place of water. As for cake mix, you can use buttermilk and melted butter in place of the usual oil and water called for + a tiny bit of almond extract or lemon zest. I've heard that looots of small baking/cake catering companies just use the white Pillsbury cake mix as a base.
Mine too; it's the best. (As long as other people stay out of the kitchen, that is. My ADHD hamster brain cannot finish cooking anything if there's constant distractions) Do you have designated cooking music? I always play cumbia (or 1930s jazz) and drink ungodly amounts of espresso during.

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