I’m sure everyone has made mistakes when they are cooking. I know I have! It happens usually when we aren’t paying close attention to what we’re doing or we haven’t properly gathered all ingredients before we start putting a recipe together.

A few years ago, when I was visiting my Mother, I was getting ready to bake a batch of buttery sugar cookies using her delicious recipe. I properly got out all the ingredients first, then began to measure them according to her recipe. Flour, sugar, butter, eggs, lemon zest - just the regular ingredients. When I mixed them, the dough didn’t seem quite right, but I proceeded nonetheless. I hadn’t made the recipe before, so I assumed it was right.

After baking the first batch, I decided to try one. It was awful! It was hard and coarse and SALTY! The problem? I had gotten out a canister of what I thought was sugar, but it was canning salt! You couldn’t cut those cookies with a plasma cutter by the time they were finished baking. They were like stones!

Needless to say, I asked Mother where she actually kept her sugar and she pointed the appropriate canister out to me. Yes, I did make another batch and yes, they were tender and tasty. :)

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