Misreading a recipe can lead to new results. I was trying out a new snickerdoodle recipe and I read the amount of flour wrong, seeing 1/4 instead of 3/4. The result was an unusually tender and delicate version of the cookie. What I saw as a flaw, Alex saw as a benefit. A few small adjustments led to a cookie we could both love, that was distinctly different from the snickerdoodle that we we were used to. Sometimes checking out new recipes leads us to something new and different, that may not be what the writer intended, but is exactly what we didn't know we were looking for.
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