So, I didn't take the batch I made to school this week. There is a good reason for that: this batch was basically inedible, and I didn't feel like I should make a bunch of people eat them. I used this recipe, which I don't recommend. I also made a batch of chocolate chip cookies so I had something to bring, but they ended up bad too. I've had bad luck this week, I suppose.
I was familiar with all of the ingredients used in this recipe! I thought it was strange that the recipe didn't include anything to leaven the dough, but I assumed that the cookies were going to be more biscuit-like anyway. I also made a filling for these cookies, but I was also familiar with those ingredients, so I don't have any comments there.
Here's where things started to go bad. When I mixed the flour mixture into the rest of the ingredients, it didn't turn into a dough. It barely mixed whatsoever. I made sure I had my measurements right according to the recipe, and I did, so I don't know what the issue was. I asked my dad for his opinion on what to do next, and I ended up figuring out that kneading it made it sort of turn into a dough. It took a lot of kneading, and I think that may have toughened it way too much. The icing mixed fine, and tasted good.
I rolled the dough out and it already seemed tough and crumbly, which wasn't a good sign. The recipe said to freeze the dough and then cut out the cookie shapes, which I did. The recipe called for them to be baked for 12-14 minutes, which is a strangely long amount of time for cookies from my experience, but I again attributed it to their biscuit-like look. They ended up incredibly hard after baking. Not burnt or over baked, just tough and generally not enjoyable. I decided then to trash the batch.
There is not going to be a 'The Response' section this week since there is no data to go off of. I'm not sure how I could've improved this particular recipe, so I'm going to drop sandwich cookies.
Next week is going to be the last week I'm baking a batch, since week twelve will be dedicated to data analysis and making the final presentation. I haven't fully decided what cookies to bake yet, but I think I'll be remaking chocolate chip cookies, since it was the first cookie I made for this project. Come back next week for hopefully better bakin'!
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