I give you, a salvaged Mother's Day surprise:
Splenda's use-exactly-as-sugar directions screwed me today. I have a killer, easy recipe for chocolatey, oaty, peanut buttery goodness that was going to give me about 30 cookies. When made with Splenda? The recipe results in three of the above-pictured hearts.Garbage. But cute garbage.
I have another tray of different cookies in the oven which are also going to be a baking fail since the newf has been skimming chocolate chips off the top for weeks now and I have no interest in putting on pants for a grocery run. They will be fine although substantially less chocolatey.
At least she will be happy that I didn't continue to tarnish her reputation by posting quotes such as: "3.8 GPA? The only 3.8 I had in university was blood-alcohol level!"
She likes to pretend that one never happened. BUT IT SO DID.
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Try as you might, you could never tarnish your Mom's rep with me - she is, and shall remain, one of the good ones. Wish her a happy Mother's day on my behalf. cheers.
I'm sorry, baking with no pants on? Splenda's the least of your problems!
Rob: She is a pretty great lady. I'm a fan.
Mike: I should clarify. I don't consider sweat/pajama pants to be actual pants. No, I was not rocking our half-naked in the kitchen. That would be strange and probably against code.
*wipes brow*
Phew...!
The boyfriend learned the hard way that cooking semi-clothed is a bad idea. He tried to cook bacon one morning in only boxers. Instead of throwing on a t-shirt, he decided to "man up" as he jumped around every time bacon grease would burn his nipples. Bacon nipples! Since then, it's been a clothed-only cooking zone in the kitchen. I'm sure the Health Safety inspectors are glad.
Next time try Agave Nectar for a sweetener. It's NATURAL and non-chemical and it's yummy in cookie recipes, plus it gives you the same approximate volume as sugar without the sweet and spikey nature of non-natural sugar). You can buy Agave from Amazon.com if you can't find it where you live.
Good luck... and I think you're right that pantsless baking is against code, but sure offers an interesting mental picture, thanks!
I've told you before, and I'll tell you again...My mom's chocolate chip squares are the way to go. Always. Full stop. (You have the recipe, so no excuses)
haha it's a cute heart creation, i'm sure you're mom loved it! hell, it'd eat it!
(man, that just sounded wrong!)
ps, i'd cook naked... if i knew how to cook! xoxo
I'm pretty sure you can wear whatever you want in your own kitchen?
What's the fun of cookies if you use fake sugar? Very cute...but it was destined to fail...but I'm sure your mom enjoyed them. That's their job isn't it?
Mike: Agreed. I feel that too many manly men have become less so after attempting to cook bacon in their birthday suits.
JB: Thank you for illustrating my point.
Jana: I don't know if I ever plan on using faux sugar again. I just don't see the point. We had a bag of splenda just for kicks so I figured I'd get rid of it. Lesson learned. Back to full fat, real sugar for me.
Jason: THAT'S THE OTHER RECIPE I MADE! Unfortunately, the newf jacked most of the chocolate chips but they turned out pretty good. I've never made them as good as yours.
Leigh: It was still sitting uneaten on her counter today. I expect that's because she becomes overwhelmed with emotion whenever she sees it rather than it's really not so good without real sugar.
B2G: This is true, yet my sensitive areas might beg to differ.
Megkathleen: I agree 100%. It was all newf peer pressure to use Splenda. Never again will you see such blasphemy in my kitchen.
Oh, wow. That sucks. Well, it's the thought that counts, right?
you make it sound as though you actually wear pants most days. which you don't.
oh & ps - MOJITO FAIL, bitter end. mojito fail.
EP: If I were thinking, I would've gotten her gin and store-bought cookies like LAST year.
Sleeve: I WEAR PANTS ALWAYS! Stoptaintingmyreputationtini.
Cooking with splenda? what? I'm confused. People do that? I wonder if splenda would give me migraines like the other fake sugars?
Lyla: Don't bother. Splenda ruins my life one baked good at a time.
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