The First Time I Screwed This Up… I made hummus like a blender dump job. Chickpeas, garlic, lemon, go. It came out chalky, bland, and …

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The First Time I Screwed This Up… I made hummus like a blender dump job. Chickpeas, garlic, lemon, go. It came out chalky, bland, and …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought pesto was just “green sauce.” Threw basil, oil, garlic, and parmesan into the blender and called …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I made “salsa” by throwing some canned tomatoes, raw onion, and a sad squirt of lime juice into …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought this was just a fancy cookie with Nutella on top. So I rushed the dough, used …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought shortbread was impossible to mess up—it’s just butter, sugar, and flour, right? So I melted the …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I figured sugar cookies were basic—just flour, sugar, butter, done. So I threw everything in a bowl, didn’t …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I made these thinking “cheddar biscuits = mix it all and bake it.” So I melted the butter …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought oatmeal cookies were foolproof. Oats, sugar, toss in some raisins, right? So I winged it. Didn’t …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I rushed it. Tossed everything in a bowl, barely creamed the butter, skipped the chill, and cranked the …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I treated biscuits like bread. Overmixed the dough, kneaded it like I was building muscle, and used room …