Baked 23 cookies, dh ate 8 of them

[27Bumblebees]

I baked some cookies after dinner, like I do most weekends so the kids had some slightly less unhealthy snacks to go in their lunch boxes and to just have in the house. At the end of the night I went to put them in a container from the cooling rack and only 14 remained. I had one, so dh took 8 of them in the two hours since I cooked them! What kind of shitty self control is that.

I feel more pissed off that I took a little bit of time to do something nice (mainly for the kids, we're adults, we don't need bloody biscuits), and he's just gone for it with no respect for anyone else. Only apologised when I called him out for it. Ugh.

He’s taken a few sugary biscuits from kids 😆it’s ok - they’ll live and be healthier for it!

this is a non issue though, the adults or even the kids can easily make some more up. They’re actually fun to bake…especially with children! I used to love baking with my mum or my older brothers.

If I was OP I’d tell him to bake a new batch or wash everything - if I hadn’t already - and get the mixing bowl etc ready for me to make another batch (as I enjoy baking so it wouldn’t be a chore) . Problem solved.

They’re SO easy and quick to make, the only slightly tedious/boring part for me is washing /cleaning up afterwards .

Easy peasy, no stress!

Thank you for the recipe OP and for being so good natured about it!

Alright, OP.
They were obviously tasty. 🍪
I get you have kids, selfishness of DH etc.
I would be happy if a) I could bake cookies like this and b) if my husband ate 10 if them!
I know, child free, retired...
Bake some more 😁

I think you need to reassess your opinion of yourself 4 isn't even a mild sugar issue....4 packets maybe...

They're easy as anything, I bet you can make a tasty batch!

Also to the poster who guffawed at the coconut, have you never had an Anzac biscuit?? They are staples in our house, although some recipes are way too sweet. I'd recommend you give them a look in

I hazard to suggest you are really, really not then, the world's biggest sugar fiend!!

Thanks for the recipe.

Yabu for not converting 3/4 cup of butter to grams in advance. But I see someone has so you are off the hook 😘🍪
Oh and I love coconut!

Biscuits are for eating- not looking at!

I'm with your husband here!

What do you mean 'We're adults..we don't need biscuits?''

Clearly your husband did.

There are plenty left over for other people.

Yeah when I go to work meetings or conferences plenty of people eat a few biscuits. Not that I’m counting what they’re eating but I’m sure that’s Fairly standard.

I actually don’t eat any biscuits usually at these work functions but purely because as much as I love sugary foods I’m quite fussy about what I eat and sometimes find they’re a bit stale or too soft or just not too my taste unless its one of those fancy cookie shops I tend to prefer to bake my own biscuits/cookies.

heck If I’m going to raise my blood sugar and go over my calorie allowance i make sure it’s tasty enough to be worthwhile 😆

Gah, Jaffa cakes 🤢😁

8 is a lot in 2 hours! How big were they?

I know this thread has taken a different turn but they're not shop bought biscuits that he's eaten. She's not policing his eating, she's valuing her time!!

OP spent time on her sat night baking for the lunches so kids have better snacks.

I'm guessing DH doesn't regularly bake snacks???

All the 'just make another batch' people can fuck right off.

If I make something that's supposed to last all week and before they've even made it to the cupboard there's 8 gone I'd be cross.

It's selfish and thoughtless.

Op, I bake regularly and if the items are not eaten fairly quickly I would be most offended at my own shitty cooking abilities. It's a compliment, take it and be happy. He left some for the children so no harm done.

Home baked biscuits must be eaten when fresh anything else is wrong it's like bread out of the oven.

Best not share my sugar fiend moments involving things like jars of Nutella and a spoon…

He should bake his own biscuits. Then he can eat 8 and no one will know. Not that that is what I do when baking of course.

Jaffa cakes are so easy to smash- I can do a packet of those in half an hour - nothing to them, they are mainly air and have got smaller and far fewer in a packet.

Home made biscuits are far nicer.

I've been there...I don't buy Nutella any more because of this.

Have you ever tried home made Jaffa Cakes? They are very close to the original ones but better.

Sadly not... I didn't know they were a thing? I seem to remember the older style of Jaffa cake as being much nicer than the modern type.

Home made sound lovely.

All too often Jaffa cakes {especially from independent shops} taste a little stale.

As for the husband being greedy..the biscuits sound quite tiny!
^^
''A teaspoon full of mixture, rolled flat''

That's not a large biscuit.

@oakleaffy I have found my tribe! I also think Jaffa cakes taste stale but the rest of the family disagree!

Subject to no nasties in the dried fruit it is still UPF free so still healthier than shop bought.

Exactly, I reckon it's equivalent of about three normal size biscuits! Perfectly acceptable to eat in 2 hours.

The recipe says they were tiny teaspoons of dough - so, not very big at all!