Day One
- Moved into a new apartment.
Day Seven
- Wanted cookies.
- Investigated cupboards. Shocked to find we didn’t have any cookies.
Day Eight
- Thought about making cookies.
- Investigated fridge. Shocked to find we didn’t have any butter.
Day Nine
- Bought butter.
Day Ten
- Left butter on counter to warm up for baking process.
- Forgot about butter.
Day Eleven
- Found butter.
- Remembered cookie plan.
- Investigated cupboard. Shocked to find we didn’t have cookies sheets.
Day Thirteen
- Went to Canadian Tire. Discovered cookie sheets are $20!
- Went to Thrift Store. Found a cookie sheet for 99 cents.
- Went home.
- Investigated cupboards. Shocked to find we didn’t have mixing bowls.
- Scraped super soft butter into a giant pot.
- Added sugar.
- Investigated fridge. Shocked to find we didn’t have eggs.
- Walked to store. Bought eggs.
- Added eggs, vanilla, flour, salt.
- Investigated cupboards. Shocked to find we didn’t have baking soda. Or cinnamon.
- Considered throwing giant pot out the window.
- Investigated window. Screens prevented pot throwing. Investigation also revealed it was raining.
- Thought about walking to store. Remembered rain.
- Finished cookie dough without baking soda or cinnamon. Added oats and raisins.
- Dropped cookie dough by spoonful on to cookie sheet.
- Tried to put cookie sheet in oven. Failed.
- Turned it 90 degrees and tried again.
- Considered throwing cookie sheet out the window. Remembered screens.
- Jammed cookie sheet into oven and slammed door shut.
- Poured large glass of wine.
Cookie sheet too big? Or oven too small?
Post Script
This may be the wine talking. Or it may be my inability to admit defeat to a kitchen appliance. But let the record show that despite of the universe conspiring against me, I was able to pull off a pretty darn good cookie.
Universe 0 / Sarah 1
This article was originally published on Raggedy Threads in September 2011.
Photo Credits
Cookies vs. Oven by Sarah Gignac
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Very funny! I had a comparable situation..except my cookies didn’t turn out well!
Just moved house and have discovered that new kitchen is not as conducive to major cooking (am qualified baker) as the old one. I just like ovens that turn OFF/ON which I don’t have to programme and kitchen aids that work without needing a degree in maths or electrical engineering.
You can cook almost any thing by keeping it simple and not letting those slick salespersons sell you stuff you don’t need!
Looks like you did a good job! I bet the cookies were delicious!
Fun stuff, Sarah – at least fun for us to read about 😉
Thanks Mary!
You are freaking hilarious!! Awesome article!
And glad you are my new editor!! 🙂 Good luck!