..a COMPLETE disaster..

let me start off by saying that i LOVE to bake. ever since i moved out of the house and went to college, i would pass the time baking away in my college dorms and apartments. some of my roommates thought i was crazy..others thought i obviously had no life..and some just loved me bc they would come home nearly every day to yummy treats (haha maybe they didn't love me actually, bc sugar+flour+salt+vegetable oil+butter=expanding waistline!). then lance and i got married, and of course the baking continued. and even though we have both gained weight, no doubt due to the late night snacks and all the delicious, but fattening treats, i still find myself in the kitchen baking.

i think one of the reasons i enjoy baking so much is because i can clear my head and take out my frustration on the batter i am beating..the cream i am whipping..the ingredients that i am mixing..etc.... plus, it is always so much fun to lick the bowls when i am done with them, and then try the finished product of course!

yesterday though, everything went all wrong. i was craving fresh strawberry pie, so instead of going to marie calendar's where i would pay way too much for something that i could make myself (and make it better than they do!) i set out on a journey to make it. first i needed a pie crust recipe, and my mom is always telling me about all these different pie crusts she makes, so i called her to get her best recipe, which came from ina garten (of course. our favorite recipes are always from ina). then i found a fresh strawberry pie recipe from pillsbury so i bought all my ingredients and began.

well first of all, the pie crust was a DISASTER! seriously. i have made some bad things before, i'll admit, but nothing has turned out as disastrous as this! it was all sticky and wet and i kept thinking "there is no way this is right." so i added tons more flour to it, and some more sugar and salt, until it was a consistency that felt right for a crust. then i cooked it, and of course i burned it! haha i always set a timer bc if i don't, things burn. well the timer went off and i thought it needed a few minutes longer, and by the time i remembered it, it was a bit crispier than it should have been! haha but it wasn't completely burnt, so i still used it. then i put the strawberries and the glaze in it and let it cool. we cut into it, and for something that i had no idea what went wrong, it turned out okay.

well today i woke up and had some pie for breakfast and even though it tasted good, i was determined to get this pie crust right....so i tried again. and the same thing happened!! it was all sticky and buttery and shorteningish. well my mom came over and we just stared at it, trying to figure out what was wrong with it! then she read through the recipe i had written down -- and alas, the answer to our problem: instead of 3/4 a cup of flour (which is what i had written down) it called for 3-4 cups of flour!! haha we both just laughed for about a half an hour! seriously, how did i get something like that so wrong?! omg. i was ready to give up on baking bc i was so frustrated that it wasn't working out, so even though my mistake was so stupid, i felt better once i knew why it wasn't turning out right.

moral of the story: next time i get a recipe from someone over the phone, make sure to write each part down right!!!