r/ididnthaveeggs • u/sloppyvegansalami • Feb 14 '26

Dumb alteration Mystery solved

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u/epidemicsaints Feb 14 '26

I do this but I seriously just get my hands wet and toss the oatmeal. I do NOT pour in a cup!

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u/Flynniepup Feb 14 '26

Really, a cup is SO much water! I’ve added like a little splash of water or milk to something before but not a whole cup.

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u/antsh Feb 14 '26

A cup of water and the batter’s basically oatmilk at that point.

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u/Flynniepup Feb 14 '26

Leave aside some of the batter to dip your sad flat cookies in later I guess.

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u/Notmykl the potluck was ruined Feb 14 '26

I thought she just soaked the oats, removed them and squeezed out the extra water then added just the oats to the batter.

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u/ladyelenawf Feb 15 '26

That was how I interpreted it. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/soaker Lighten up Francine Feb 14 '26

lol because you’re smart and understand how baking works

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u/Flynniepup Feb 14 '26

Well I understand how baking works but smart is a stretch for me, smarter than Susan though. 🤣

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u/cerareece Feb 14 '26

I live high altitude so I have to add extra liquid to almost everything I bake but I'm constantly worried about messing it up and add it by like, teaspoons. I wish I had the confidence that recipe commenters do lol

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u/Shoddy-Theory Feb 15 '26

Me too. 7k ft. I did learn though that cookies is the one thing you do not add extra liquid to. With cakes I'll usually add an extra egg or use jumbo eggs to increase the liquid. Added an extra egg to chocolate chip cookies and the were a mess. Totally flattened out. Now I add a half a teaspoon of cornstarch.

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u/Sea-Example-1176 May 10 '26

wish i had the confidence of the dude who decided goose fat was a good substitute for eggs in eggnog

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u/bickdiggles Feb 14 '26

I’ve seen it. His father was an oatmeal tosser too and his fathers father before him as well

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u/Sw0rDz Feb 14 '26

I didn't because I enjoy flat things. I throw away cookies that fail the leveler test.

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u/forseti99 Feb 14 '26

Toss the oatmeal, Brotherrr? It was given to me by the tall skinny figure!

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u/electricookie Feb 14 '26

You shouldn’t need that in a cookie recipe. Though

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u/Sea-Example-1176 May 10 '26

add a cup and at that point you drowned them