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I hosted a White Trash Christmas party and some people were offended that I served refrigerated cookie dough for dessert.

My grandmother made the best classic country apple pie. Her recipe is a family institution, and no one can imagine Thanksgiving without it. A few years ago, I was in charge of bringing the apple pie. Being so wrapped up in holiday preparations, I thought I was following the recipe to a T. Turns out I not only FORGOT the sugar, but I also put in way too much cinnamon. The pie looked fine when we sliced it, but after everyone took their (huge) first bites, it became pure disaster. Have you ever seen anyone try to eat a spoonful of cinnamon? It's awful! My entire family was suddenly gagging, spitting out my pie and trying not to vomit. I am still not allowed to bringt he apple pie for holidays.

Where's the picture gotta eat it with my eyes til I can make some . Food pic's are my pin-ups

Mistakenly added sugar instead of salt. Sweet cheddar chive biscuits are not nice.

I was feeling the pressure of preparing a birthday dinner AND a layer cake for my wife's birthday. The dinner prep was done cooking in process. I was hurrying to get the cake and as I was beating the dough the rubber scrapper I was cleaning the sides with got caught in the beaters and bent them beyond use. I ended up finishing with a hand held mixer. Luckily it was not my fingers.

I was taking a baking class and we were making pie crusts and mine got all cracked and crumbly. =(

The first Turkey I cooked for Thanksgiving I forgot to remove the giblet pack. Later checking on the Turkey I noticed paper inside the turkey.

Not sure if this is funny - but, while trying to impress my in-laws one year, I made the entire turkey dinner. If I had been someone else watching this happen, I might have laughed. Instead, I was very embarrassed - I dropped the turkey while moving it to the serving platter! It sort of reminds me of watching an episode of "I Love Lucy" - except that I was Lucy! Thanks for this chance.

While flipping through Nancy Silverton's "Pastries from La Brea Bakery" at the book store, I saw a recipe I just HAD to make right away - Nancy's Crotin de Choclat yeasted muffins/cupcakes. But I was too cheap to spend money on the book that day (the fact that I'm trying to get the book from this contest for free is suggestive of a trend...) - plus, I thought a test run of one recipe from the book wasn't too much to ask - if I liked the recipe, I'd go back and buy the book.

I memorized the recipe as best I could and wrote down a few notes. I mentioned that these were yeast-based muffins - in my notes, I wrote 1 Tablespoon yeast... though the recipe called only for a teaspoon. After adding yeast to the batter, one is to wait 30 minutes for the batter to expand - my batter expanded... and spilled onto the counter. A disaster indeed. And either a strong case for karma... or proof that I'm careless...

Never skimp on crust when baking a pie.

I have always been known for my cooking and baking for as long as I can remember. When I was in my teens, I spent the day with my grandfathers girlfriend learning how to make homemade pies. I was so excited taht I came home and decided to make four rhubarb pies (they were so good and being the youngest in a big family, I figured this was a good idea). Well, everything seemed to go perfect, the pies smelled wonderful, just everything was 'right'...that is until you took your first bite. I forgot one of the most important ingredients in rhubarb pie...SUGAR!!!! needless to say, we sprinkled sugar on one pies worth of serving and wound up throwing away the other three. I have never forgotten sugar ever again!

I love to bake, but I honestly don't remember any "major" disasters so I guess I would probably have to say something like getting distracted and maybe letting something get a little overly done--I hate burnt tasting cookies.