OH FOLLOWUP:
concensus is that these are definitely more like nilla wafers. I did bake them longer to try to make up for the whole "oops all big" problem (and maybe could've even gone longer) and I do think that's why.
i am told these are VERY like the era of nilla wafer they claim to me, and […]
BUT! The baking, even if it got the kind of not fun I hate about cooking, is all nice and done in time for #monsterdon
next week something basic. like idk... baguettes. Probably. We'll see.
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19 round lightly gold circular vanilla cookies on a tray in four rows of five, except the top row missing one from the middle.
still not as browned as i’d like but they’re good so that counts
also too big that’s probably part of why, they really got big
(one missing to test to make sure they were done because of how big they are needing longer baking time)
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the parchment-paper-covered tray filled with 20 vanilla wafer dough wafers seen inside a lit oven, middle tray, lights on.
and in the oven. hopefully the stupid pointy bits will even out some
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the same balls as before, but now flattened to (thicker than they should be probably) discs
flattened with a glass, still fighting me but i still win
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20 dough balls rolled out onto parchment paper in staggered rows
that got actively unfun but i fixed it
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huh.
it's too wet. it's completely unrollable. cannot be worked.
it's not 1.5 cups sifted, it's 1.5 cups, _then_ sift. It's _very_ clear. This literally cannot be worked, it's hopelessly wet.
fortunately, i can still add more flour
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A fluffy and wet dough in a glass bowl with a metal spoon still in with it
combined - feels fluffier with the less, more highly sifted flour
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the sugar and wets being beaten together in a bowl
lol suddenly scrambled eggys
(no)
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a still-sealed tray of shortening after removing the seal except only the sliver top layer came off leaving the clear sealant layer behind
very funny minus five
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two bowls of flour, one white, one clear glass, both with flour in as described in the toot.
and a big volumetric difference too. i put 1.5 cups in the left bowl, sifted it, the right bowl has 1.5 cups of the sifted and the left bowl has the leftover that goes back into the box. that’s a big difference in quantity.
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okay that is IMMEDIATELY much faster and easier to deal with than the old handle-squeezy one holy shit
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A new all-metal side-crank sifter next to a big box of Swans Down cake flour. A white bowl, green apple, and yellow banana in a fruit basket made of chopsticks are also visible.
new sifter, less complicated. better? tbd
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Recipe for Vintage Nilla Wafers with powdered sugar, granulated sugar, vegetable shortening, egg, vanilla extract, salt, cake flour, baking powder, and cold water.
k let's try this again but with sifting the flour first like you're apparently supposed to
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it's cute
but underwhelming
i've never seen vanilla overwhelm another flavour before but that's what it did
probably work better if my wafers weren't so thicc
BUT THEY ARE
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one homemade nilla wafer atop another with peanut butter in between, on a wire rack. it's like a little hamburger but peanut butter instead of hamburger and homemade nilla wafers instead of bun
housemate paul said "try this!" and i am
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Anyway, I think they needed to be squished more. The other question I have is whether I should've sifted the flour _then_ measured, or measured the flower _then_ sifted. You get very different volumes out of those, which is why YOU SHOULD ALWAYS MEASURE IN WEIGHT YOU SMEGS but well here we are […]
side image of half a cookie showing a fine crumb and extensive crunchy area on the outside
they’re good! crunchy outsides, softer insides, maybe should’ve squished them more?
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four of the cookies on the wire rack, with gooden bottoms and cracked-dome white tops
tops and bottoms, completely cooled
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the baked cookies set out on wire cooling racks. they’re round, pale, and have a cracked dome surface. the not-visible underside is golden and flat.
hm hm hm
i tried one a little early and still hot - you’re supposed to let them cool completely. it’s better than those cornstarch cookies, as similar as they ended up looking.
the tops look nothing like nilla wafers, but the bottoms, oddly, _do_.
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the tray of discs on the parchment paper tray in the oven, seen through the glass on the front door
NOW I remember the other time I used shortening - for those cornstarch cookies!
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22 flattened balls of lightly tan dough on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet which is, in turn, on a countertop.
discs I guess? Not the most even in the world but they really want to stick to everything
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one of the balls seen through a tall water glass which is pressing against the ball to flatten it a bit on the parchment paper.
ENHANCE
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i wonder if this recipe means old or new tablespoons?
it's recreating something from the 1980s which implies old but
it's also a recipe i found recently so that means new
hm
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a bowl of mixed wets that at this exact moment looks weirdly like cooked scrambled eggs
wrong scrambled eggs
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a spoon of powdered salt with the spoon labelled “DASH” or 1/8th teaspoon, held over a bowl of otherwise wet ingredients
an actual _dash_ of salt
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