I'm done with baking... FOREVER. - The DIS Discussion Forums

Papa Deuce · 11-23-2009, 07:38 PM

I know I'm a good cook... Very good in fact.... but I am terrible at baking. I just made some Snickerdoodles....

Not good.

Someone else can bake. I'll just cook from now on.

Belle2667 · 11-23-2009, 07:44 PM

I hear ya! I love to cook but hate hate hate baking!

The chocolate chip cookies I made last week were flatter than pancakes. Tonight's batch was much better (after I remembered to reduce the sugar in my recipe) but I still hate baking. It's too picky and there's no flexibility.

NikitaZee · 11-23-2009, 07:47 PM

Oh, I love to bake. I learned something early on - you have to learn your oven and adjust the times really well. My oven runs hot, so I have to take about 8 minutes off of every recipe for anything I bake to come out right. Also, I have to 'hover' around the oven even before the timer goes off, sometimes it's done even sooner than that!

AlleyKat · 11-23-2009, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papa Deuce

I know I'm a good cook... Very good in fact.... but I am terrible at baking. I just made some Snickerdoodles.... Not good.

Someone else can bake. I'll just cook from now on.

Oh no, I hope this isn't a bad omen as I prepared Snickerdoodle dough today, hoping to bake them tomorrow.

I've had a much loved family friend's recipe for years and never made them before.

Their cookies always came out scrumptious so I pray mine do, as well!

ginna74 · 11-23-2009, 07:50 PM

I try to bake.....TRY

AlleyKat · 11-23-2009, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NikitaZee

Oh, I love to bake. I learned something early on - you have to learn your oven and adjust the times really well. My oven runs hot, so I have to take about 8 minutes off of every recipe for anything I bake to come out right. Also, I have to 'hover' around the oven even before the timer goes off, sometimes it's done even sooner than that!

I always hover, never bothering with the timer.

Buckalew11 · 11-23-2009, 07:51 PM

Baking is a science, right?

A man that can cook is good so don't worry. Your wife will keep you anyway!!

ilovejack02 · 11-23-2009, 08:10 PM

LOL Papa, I am a cook also , not a baker!! I try , but usually it ends badly. I will try again this year for sure and I imagine ruin 100.00 worth of ingredients.

Sheree Bobbins · 11-23-2009, 08:22 PM

That's funny for I made Snickerdoodles today because DS asked me to. I let the butter get too soft in the microwave and it affected the quality of my cookies. I love to bake, am known in my family for my baking. I do tend to analyze my recipe after I bake it, to see what went wrong or right.

My girlfriend hates baking. She is not successful at it. Don't know why but I do know you can end up with different results even when you have made the recipe before.

pigletgirl · 11-23-2009, 08:35 PM

I swear that some people hold the key to awesome baked goods, however, like you, I don't seem to possess that!

Not fair.....

C.Ann · 11-23-2009, 08:36 PM

Try a different kind of cookie.. You're giving up way too easily..

Imzadi · 11-23-2009, 08:54 PM

Baking is very different from cooking. Even the chefs on Top Chef have a problem with baking. It's because measurements have to be really precise, the timing & temperature has to be right, etc. Whereas, cooking can be more improvisational & intuitive. You throw in a pinch here, a dash there.

Anyway, what was your Snickerdoodle recipe? There is a great Cookies from Cake Mixes thread here on the DIS Cooking Board.

It has a Snickerdoodle recipe in one of the first few posts. It is seriously one of the best threads

on the DIS:

Cookies from cake mixes! Also: BISCOTTI and Cookie BARS

Cake mixes were designed in the lab kitchens to be almost foolproof, so that they can be used by the largest variety of people, like little kids with no experience with baking, to seasoned bakers, and the cakes & cookies work out right for everyone.

With so many different cake mixes and different kinds of imaginative add-ins, you can really have fun & never have to make the same cookie twice.

I guarantee you, no one else will have your cookies, and your twins will love Dad's imaginative cookie combinations.

Papa Deuce · 11-23-2009, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckalew11

Baking is a science, right?

A man that can cook is good so don't worry. Your wife will keep you anyway!!

I think I just don't have the patience to bake.... nor the desire to be exact in measuring.

Papa Deuce · 11-23-2009, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imzadi

Anyway, what was your Snickerdoodle recipe? There is a great Cookies from Cake Mixes thread here on the DIS Cooking Board.

It has a Snickerdoodle recipe in one of the first few posts. It is seriously one of the best threads

on the DIS:

Cookies from cake mixes! Also: BISCOTTI and Cookie BARS

http://www.recipezaar.com/Snickerdoodles-11220

These came out tasting "ok"... but they were so light and airy that they fell apart most of the time when taking them off the cookie sheet.

glitterkittyy · 11-23-2009, 08:57 PM

I'm missing the cookie gene.

11-23-2009, 07:38 PM	#1
Papa Deuce BBQ loving, fantasy football playin,' DJ. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Too Close to work....west of Philly. Posts: 17,809	I'm done with baking... FOREVER. I know I'm a good cook... Very good in fact.... but I am terrible at baking. I just made some Snickerdoodles.... Not good. Someone else can bake. I'll just cook from now on. __________________ For the rest of my life I have one goal: to be a great role model for my daughters.

11-23-2009, 07:44 PM	#2
Belle2667 Ah, Disney, where the magic never stops! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 335	I hear ya! I love to cook but hate hate hate baking! The chocolate chip cookies I made last week were flatter than pancakes. Tonight's batch was much better (after I remembered to reduce the sugar in my recipe) but I still hate baking. It's too picky and there's no flexibility. __________________ Lori DH DS25 & DDIL DS18 DS14

11-23-2009, 07:47 PM	#3
NikitaZee DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 534	Oh, I love to bake. I learned something early on - you have to learn your oven and adjust the times really well. My oven runs hot, so I have to take about 8 minutes off of every recipe for anything I bake to come out right. Also, I have to 'hover' around the oven even before the timer goes off, sometimes it's done even sooner than that! __________________ Me and DH DS9 DD5 DS2 CBR 1992 YC 1997 GF RPC 2001 Poly LVC/AKL/WL 2003 Poly 1983, 1985, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009

11-23-2009, 07:50 PM	#5
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11-23-2009, 07:51 PM	#7
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11-23-2009, 08:10 PM	#8
ilovejack02 what do you all think? Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denham Springs, La Posts: 5,282	LOL Papa, I am a cook also , not a baker!! I try , but usually it ends badly. I will try again this year for sure and I imagine ruin 100.00 worth of ingredients.

11-23-2009, 08:22 PM	#9
Sheree Bobbins DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 6,784	That's funny for I made Snickerdoodles today because DS asked me to. I let the butter get too soft in the microwave and it affected the quality of my cookies. I love to bake, am known in my family for my baking. I do tend to analyze my recipe after I bake it, to see what went wrong or right. My girlfriend hates baking. She is not successful at it. Don't know why but I do know you can end up with different results even when you have made the recipe before.

11-23-2009, 08:35 PM	#10
pigletgirl You do have a life. It is just in cyber world If its chocolate I'll eat it! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Diamondback nation Posts: 7,805	I swear that some people hold the key to awesome baked goods, however, like you, I don't seem to possess that! Not fair..... __________________

11-23-2009, 08:36 PM	#11
C.Ann We'll remember when... No time for green bananas When the going gets tough, she gets the Palmolive!! If I knew we were going to be graded here, I might try harder Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 28,920	Try a different kind of cookie.. You're giving up way too easily.. __________________ C.Ann ----------------- *"Scars remind us where we've been.. They don't have to dictate where we're going.."* "Life ain't always beautiful.....but it's a beautiful ride." "We won't be sad, we'll be glad for all the life we've had and we'll remember when...."

11-23-2009, 08:54 PM	#12
Imzadi I can shoot a gun, but I'm scared to open a can of biscuits Point Free Zone I'm the only one getting lumpy hummus Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NYC - "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our FREEDOM!" Posts: 9,472	Baking is very different from cooking. Even the chefs on Top Chef have a problem with baking. It's because measurements have to be really precise, the timing & temperature has to be right, etc. Whereas, cooking can be more improvisational & intuitive. You throw in a pinch here, a dash there. Anyway, what was your Snickerdoodle recipe? There is a great Cookies from Cake Mixes thread here on the DIS Cooking Board. It has a Snickerdoodle recipe in one of the first few posts. It is seriously one of the best threads on the DIS: Cookies from cake mixes! Also: BISCOTTI and Cookie BARS Cake mixes were designed in the lab kitchens to be almost foolproof, so that they can be used by the largest variety of people, like little kids with no experience with baking, to seasoned bakers, and the cakes & cookies work out right for everyone. With so many different cake mixes and different kinds of imaginative add-ins, you can really have fun & never have to make the same cookie twice. I guarantee you, no one else will have your cookies, and your twins will love Dad's imaginative cookie combinations. __________________ "The Community Board -- Beating a dead horse one thread at a time." ~wvjules . ."It is estimated that there are one billion stars, like ours, and in all the universe. There are one billion, billion, planets capable of supporting life, like ours. And in all of that, and maybe even more, there is only one of each of us. Don't destroy the one named Kirk." .........~ Dr. Leonard McCoy to Captain James T. Kirk . . . . . . . Scotty, beam me up! . . . . . . . . . I've been Grumpy Pirated! Turkeyed by figment52 Bewitched by Evil Genius! Thanks!

11-23-2009, 08:57 PM	#15
glitterkittyy I ♥ Disney I'm afraid what I'll find if I search myself (sorry, couldn't resist - SPTF) but I think one time I heard him say "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Former Buckeye now living 20 minutes from WDW! Posts: 3,249	I'm missing the cookie gene. __________________ Thanks GP!

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