August 29, 2007

  • Lest anyone's been wondering whether Anne has it together, wonder no more.

    Nope.  Not a bit.

    You would not believe the boneheaded stunt I pulled in the kitchen this afternoon.  Decided to bake a fudge pie (recipe in the links on the left), and after trying a new pie crust recipe (a mix-in-the-pan, oil-based recipe from the Baker's Catalog), went to get the instructions for the pie filling.

    First thing went wrong was I realized I was supposed to have melted 1/2 cup shortening along with the chocolate squares.  Growling, since I'd already gotten it pretty much made except for that, I set to melting it in the microwave, then glanced at the recipe card again.

    Then the second snafu reared its head.  Add 1/2 cup nuts?

    And only two eggs?  I'd put in four.

    Then it dawned on me that I had been working off the Nut Fudgies cookie recipe, not the Fudge Pie recipe.  e-arg

    It does call for four eggs (I'd been working at least off memory, t'would appear), but three squares of chocolate instead of two, and a half cup of melted butter or margarine instead of shortening.   Most likely the shortening would have worked, but I went ahead and dumped it out, melting the margarine instead.

    I think it'll be alright, as it was mainly a matter of adding more of the same ingredients.  What a mercy I'd not put the flour in! 

    What a stupid thing to do, though.  e-fingers_ears

Comments (3)

  • Hope you remembered the sugar.  I seem to have a hole in my head regarding sugar, and can't count the number of pies and things I've baked without it. Long as you remembered the sugar, oil and chocolate, it'll get eaten, no prob. : >D

  • You know what's weird, though? It's not chocolaty, even though I substituted black cocoa for two of the three unsweetened chocolate squares. Last time I made it - a few months ago - it was very intense, but this time it's almost tasteless.

    Not going to bother eating more of it...no point wasting that many calories on something that doesn't provide a decent chocolate rush.

    Oh, and the pie crust recipe? A loser. Didn't care for it.

    On the plus side, the Spicy Orange Beef dish I made for supper was well received.

  • Hm, maybe a little vanilla?

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