Another day, 21 variations

I knew when I woke up in the morning that I’d be baking, I just didn’t know that I’d bake from about 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 pm with a little break in between to buy some butter.

I’d picked up more almond meal from Nate last night but didn’t realize until this morning that it is much different from the mistake meal that Nate made originally. This meal is like the meal should be and I knew that I would need to work with this meal eventually, I just didn’t think that it would be today.

I thought that I’d better make a batch of cookies using the meal in the same proportaions as cookies I’d made before and just see how it turned out. They were different. I’d realized pretty quickly that there were going to be quite a few variations so called Dolly, my trusty friend, and told her that I really, really needed her today. She agreed to come in by late afternoon and help me taste test all these cookies.

I got to work: I donned a scarf in lieu of a hairnet, found an apron that Clayton had brought home from a restaurant he’d worked at. It had a large pocket in front that I could stuff a towel in. To work I went making some with more butter, some with less meal. Also I divided each particular batch by minutes baked. There were about 21 different variations by the time everything was finished.

Now we have determined which cookies we like best. I’ll bake those in the morning and deliver them for the AAUW meeting.

It’s a start.