You guessed it.
The damn Greek cookies.
This year, though, I decided to try something new...incinerate them.
These are koulrakia...Greek twist cookies that are usually made at Easter. But, for reasons completely unknown to me, I associate them with Christmas and my mom sitting by the tree in her robe and slippers, with a cup of coffee and a couple of these damn cookies.
I have been making these damn cookies for about 39 years, and for 39 years I swear I will never do it again, but instead, I'll order a case of the damn Stella Doro breakfast treats (a very close imitation of these) and be done with it.
But every year, I end up in the egg aisle muttering "Screw it" as I gather the seven dozen eggs and nine pounds of butter and twelve-teen boxes of Swan's Down cake flour. And then I forget the orange juice and get home and realize that I'm out of baking powder and I drink a glass of something strong and go back to the damn grocery store to get the rest of the stuff for the damn Greek cookies.
This year, though, I made it all the way to the clean up stage...thinking that I had finally, after 39 freakin years, mastered the making of the damn Greek cookies, and I bloody well burned the lot of them.
Nuts and fiddlesticks and every other word I can think of without jeopardizing a visit from You Know Who this year.
I'm off to have a nice long soak in the tub followed by a quiet evening of Netflix, and then I'll get up and try it again tomorrow.
If I'm not back in a couple of days with pictures of perfectly twisted cookies, you will probably be able to me face down in a pile of egg yolks and flour somewhere.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Oh nooooo, burnt cookies, I have burnt pies and that made me mad.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are doing well.
Catherine
I love Stella D'ora
ReplyDeleteRoflolpmp oh my, I've burnt the dang stove top circle things that cover the burners so many times my X forbade anyone give them to me. My youngest son gave me a set of 4 a few yrs ago & I still had 3 until HE burned one the other night.After laughing so much I did pp & airing out the house, the smell & smoke were lethal.when I bake I make sure to set the timer on my phone as I'm an accomplished burner of biscuits too lol.-Blessings Baa
ReplyDeleteJust a suggestion... I now take a camera picture of the recipe with me to the grocery store if I am ever doing anything new. I say try it again! Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteRuth in Oxnard
I meant a picture on my phone!
ReplyDeleteRuth
Good luck on the next batch! I liked the story about your mother and the cookies. I guess that's why we try to keep with the baking traditions no matter how frustrating and time-consuming they may be - the happy memories we associate with a little bite of sugar and flour. (I really shouldn't comment when I'm feeling sentimental). I do hope each day is a little easier and calmer for you.
ReplyDeleteAs a cousin of mine once said: Some days you get the bear and-----some days the bear gets you. I'll bet that the next batch will turn out perfectly. A agree with the Nancy who posted above; I am another Nancy and I frequently feel sentimental!
ReplyDeleteAs a cousin of mine once said: Some days you get the bear and-----some days the bear gets you. I'll bet that the next batch will turn out perfectly. A agree with the Nancy who posted above; I am another Nancy and I frequently feel sentimental!
ReplyDeleteHere's a plan - find yourself a nice old Greek lady who cooks - and buy a batch of those cookies. But being a stubborn soul, I would probably just get in the kitchen and make another batch.
ReplyDeleteI love your Christmas decorations in the previous posts.
You'll master them yet!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can set them out for the birds...
ReplyDeleteA good tip is to NOT open the oven door while baking. That makes the oven heat up more. Good luck with the next batch!
ReplyDeleteI remember when you made the cookies last year and I remember how pretty the pictures were. I hunted for a recipe and was determined to make some myself. Time for me to give it a try. Good luck with your next batch!
ReplyDeleteI've been baking cookies for 65 years and every darn time I burn the first batch. I set timers all over the house but still burn the first batch. I now only put a half batch in the over for the first "burn" and save the rest for when I'm not burning them. Don't give up.
ReplyDeleteThe knack of being successful at one's mother's cooking traditions is one I can relate to. Our tradition for 100 years is a family recipe of "Christmas Krullers." Very difficult, but after years of cooking them with my mother, and the good fortune of tutorial sessions with her, I think I may have them mastered.
ReplyDeleteI thought of you today when I was at Barnes and Noble and saw a cookbook called Eat Like a Gilmore. It had recipes from the show. I wanted to buy it for you. I've not watched the show, but my daughter loves it. It's on my binge-watch bucket list.
Good luck with your baking adventure today.
ReplyDeleteI hope the cookies turn out good.
Marilyn
I have never been able to bake cookies, cakes and pies, but not cookies.
ReplyDeleteOh Coni, I am so sorry about your cookies. I wish you luck for today's batch. You can do it.
ReplyDeleteOk I think most of us have burnt something at one time or another. Me I have burnt water! Yes I burnt the pan dry and ruined it. Keep the faith and try it again.
ReplyDeleteI am sure the next batch will be wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteWhat's that they say . . . It's the 'journey' not the 'destination' that matters. Yeah, I know ~ SCREW THAT! You want the dang cookies! Good luck with the next batch.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Cookies can be tricky. They can burn so quickly.
ReplyDeleteHi Coni
ReplyDeleteCommiserations I just burnt a triple batch of shortbread....amazing what can bring on tears...hubby told me to go and buy a tin of the stuff, but that will feel like failure