Piping bag: 1, me: 0

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As I mentioned yesterday, I was giving the piping bag another try... this was, if I'm not mistaken, the second or third try in my entire life. And, like before, I failed spectacularly. My dough was a bit too hard, so I couldn't even squeeze it through the dratted thing. I then switched to those plastic syringe things you fill doughnuts with. In theory, that ought to have worked - only that my gizmo proved faulty and the cap sprang off of it about three or four times by every single cookie. It was a hard and frustrating struggle; in the end, I threw it aside and formed the last six cookies by hand and made swirls on their surface with a fork.

These are the results.

As you can see, they are extremely uneven and rather shapeless. At least they are yummy, although if I ever make them again, I'll leave out the butter cream and only fill them with jam. Butter cream isn't my thing - way too sweet.

I spent the entire morning (up to 2pm) struggling with the things. Thank God I didn't have to cook, as we had leftovers, so I could collapse after lunch in peace. An hour-long nap was necessary after all that struggle. I did a tiny bit of prep work with my felt rests, but other than that it was telly and recovering. *g*

BTW, should the actual picture not show on Pinterest, click on the "show larger" button, and it will show up in all its lopsided glory.

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Thanks. :)