I decided to learn to bake cookies. I found a recipe that I thought looked easy: https://www.completelydelicious.com/soft-chewy-chocolate-cookies/

First, I beat together my butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

I then sifted the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.

The dough is mixed and ready to be scooped.

I used my ice cream scoop to create perfect balls, and I put them into the oven. Then, after 9 minutes, they did not flatten. So I took them out and had to flatten them with a spoon. Since they were mostly cooked, they became very uneven.

When I took these out of the oven, I was extremely disappointed. The edges were too hard, but the inside was a little softer. These would taste better with ice cream or some milk.

In conclusion, this was a failure. I don’t think I will ever make these again, as they were too chocolatey for my taste. I also didn’t know what I did wrong, as my dough looked just like the recipe. I might have scooped them too big, but they still should have flattened. I won’t be making these, but for other cookies, I will:

  1. Be careful and notice what they measured the balls with.
  2. Check on them every few minutes, so you know what to do.

These weren’t delicious, but they were still edible. I’ll keep this in mind while making other cookies.