ShrodingersCat SG I neeeeed an IDIOT-proof cookie recipe for myself I don'tknow why everytime i try to make cookies It's a DISMAL failure DISMAL I just need a SIMPLE one.. and one problem I have is.. creaming the butter does it ALWAYS splatter this way?!
klishcia SG There’s this brand, they already mix flour,sugar etc together. All you need is to add in egg and butter, stir well and bake. I forgot the brand name but can find it in NTUC, bakery section.
ShrodingersCat SG Betty Crockers.... but.. u know my big problem is the part WHEN u add in the butter and the eggs... somehow I can NEVER make that part look effortless and everything goes into a splatter and then ... its downhill from there.
klishcia SG Don't use machine lah.. use egg beater mix it yourself lor. When i do it, no problem leh.. And the cookies very nice...
Prophecy_Master SG ok first u need to cut the butter up in to slices. then slowly using a spoon smash it against the sugars. do it slowly soon the butter will melt then stir it soon it will become all well mix. if u are using a mixing machine then start with the lowest speed u can find. and slowly increase it. my advise don't use the mixing machine. do it slowly your cookie will have that melt in the mouth feel.
ShrodingersCat SG i worship u, dear master -sprawl on ground and do a few kow tows- I only have 1 cheap one-speed mixer-chopper-blender therefore it splatters like siao but... that's wonderful to know i don't NEED the mixer! I can use the spoon! Low tech solutions make me feel much more secure.. MUAKSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssss
ShrodingersCat SG no no.. it has a 'mixer' attachment. except the speed just too fast ba... its like those.. 3-in-1 thingy.. change the 'head' bobian leh.. bo lui~
ShrodingersCat SG Err. I got to teach my kids how to make leh. AND trust me.. u dont want lots of mucusy, snoog covered hands and goodness knows WHERE those hands have been digging into the dough.
the Bear SG but seriously.. you gotta use your hands... could use gloves.. and here's the chance to teach them personal hygiene
ShrodingersCat SG Issit? Sniffle.. no chance of making drop cookies?? Oh well.. looks like that seems to be an answer... gloves...... :O Thanks I chickened out this week.. did something simpler after my TWO batches of cookies failed. The problem is how to look PRO while doing it... I CMI leh... And kids are like sharks, they can smell fear!
the Bear SG try it out at home first.. use your hands.. knead the stuff.. the most mechanisation you can and should use would be the rolling pin and the cookie cutters that's the fun part of making cookies.. the hands-on bit... that and pinching the chocolate chips that are supposed to go into the cookies
ShrodingersCat SG I did.. tried out 2 times.. but both failed miserably. I can do muffins/cakes but dont know WHYYYYY cookies elude me... But will try again during this CNY holidays ba....
the Bear SG well, you used the machine butter.. sugar to dissolve into the beaten butter.. then slowly the other stuff like flour.. slowly slowly... or the hard way.. which is by hand gotta admit to only using hands once... started with butter and squishing with hands... an oily mess.. then the sugar.. mashed in.. then flour sifted in with cocoa powder... slowly adding and squishing the stuff in until it becomes a dough... then adding the choc chips after eating most of it
Wanda SG Why don't you teach the kids to make rock buns? Sure cannot fail one, and if they turned out overbaked or too hard, just tell the kids, that's why they're called rock buns.
klishcia SG Cat, i was window shoppiong at shop&save (neighbourhood one lah). I saw the machine selling at $24.90 'Aerogaz' brand. It'll be better then using egg beater.
