Baking · by Martina Fernández · 2026-09-21
The most beautiful part of learning cookies before coffee
A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me thru the part where bread stopped feeling new
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Aisha Rahman · 16 likes
Fair point, but I had the opposite experience. That is where the boring checklist helps
Sophie Gagnon · 7 likes
I do not have a strong take, but teh learning detail is useful. I would love to see a follow-up after 3 weeks. This is teh kind of thing that tastes better teh next day
Amir Tan · 4 likes
That last line is excellent. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability
Mia Anderson · 2 likes
I was going to disagree, but your second sentence got me
Grace Parker · 0 likes
Same here. It took me too long to learn
Mateo Cruz · 2 likes
can you share what you tried before this? I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability
Rohan Mehta · 1 likes
The most angle is what sold me. I would love to see a follow-up after 2 weeks. Now I'm hungry, which feels unfair