Funny Follows Me

Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.

My most epic fail was when I made my holiday pizzelles when I wasn’t fully present. December is such a crazy month and pizzelles require precise measuring and perfectly cooked butter.

Well, the first thing that went wrong was I learned that when you melt butter in the microwave you should not do it longer than a minute. I heard a pop sound and yes, the butter had splashed up into the microwave, which was white) and through every crevice in there. After letting that settle and cleaning it I noticed my batter didn’t look right as far as consistency. The pizzelle maker was ready and I started dropping the dough on the waffle press. I have a 4 at a time maker so my pizzelles are smaller which allows me to produce more.

After the first 8 or so I took a bite and realized the tasted odd. I had forgotten the sugar. So I thought ok I will add that in. No loss, right? Well, again my brain was on overload and I put flour in instead of sugar. Well the batch was completely ruined and needed to be thrown out. Cut my losses and move on. 6 eggs that had gone to heaven now 😄.

So, now comes the worst. I went to empty the thick mix in the garbage and the garbage bag fell. All the gooey batter fell in the garbage, down the sides and on me.

I cleaned it all up and took the time to unclear my head and turn my phone on silent when baking.

Two days later I made a perfect plate of pizzelles. Due to this I watch the Wizard of Oz to bake holiday pizzelles so nobody bothers me and I know that movie keeps my mind at ease.