I am in the process of writing a family cookbook. A few weeks ago, I decided to take it to work (As any nurse knows, bringing in work from home is a sure fire way of ensuring an incredibly busy night) and I removed all the loose recipes so I wouldn't lose them en route. I put all the loose recipes - somewhere.
Last night, I took out the 8 ounces of cream cheese and the 2 sticks of butter for Cream Cheese Wreaths. I did not, however, remember the entire recipe and being too lazy to look for it, I brought up a recipe on the internet. But wait - the internet recipe calls for only 3 ounces of cream cheese. I messily remove 5 ounces of cream cheese from the bowl and put it back in the fridge. I then proceed, with great difficulty because - did I mention this? - I hate baking - to mix the cookie ingredients. But before I fashioned them into little frigging wreaths, I checked the recipe to find out at what temperature to preheat the oven. And as I am checking this, I see, at the bottom of the page, reader's comments. Readers who all complained about the typo in the recipe. The typo that called for 3 ounces of cream cheese when it should be 8. The dough I mixed is missing 5 ounces of cream cheese - the exact amount that is now as hard as a rock in my refrigerator. And let me tell you - watched cream cheese does not soften. Did I mention yet that I hate baking?
Monday, December 21, 2009
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