There are many times things turn out better in my head, than when I actually do them. For example, when I was making sugar cookies yesterday (click here for recipe). It completely escaped my mind that they would puff up and grow in the oven. So when I started with this:
And they came out looking like this:
I was pretty surprised. So I was able to salvage this batch. I put a lot of frosting on there- they aren't horrible:
But it was the other batch I did- oh heavens!!
Please forgive the terrible picture as well. I was so concerned about the dough growing completely together, I didn't even notice the cell phone shadow in my shot. Whoops!
I tried to add a bunch of frosting, to make them seem edible, and hopefully transform them in to something wonderful: (Ha ha ha ha ha!!)
Yikes.
At least my kids enjoyed them. They tasted great. And the cub scouts at pack meeting didn't turn their noses up to them. So, I guess sometimes I need to remember what feels like a fail to me, just because it doesn't encompass my perfect vision, can actually feel like a success to somebody else (the treat obsessed children). Especially if what you are doing is something creative or compassionate.
And if at first you don't succeed, TRY, TRY again!!!
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