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Why does nobody talk about the flour wars with siblings during holiday baking?
My brother and I always fight over who gets to mix the dough for pies. It ends with flour everywhere and half the batch ruined. How do you handle baking with competitive family members?
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kim_mason551mo ago
Honestly ninar68 has the right idea about the mess, but letting half the batch get ruined sounds stressful. We started pre-measuring everything into little bowls before anyone touches a spoon. That way the fighting is just about who pours it in, not the amounts, and nothing gets wasted.
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ninar681mo ago
Ugh, I used to see that as a total disaster. Now I figure the mess is just part of the memory (and we buy extra flour). The ruined cookies are the price of a weirdly fun tradition.
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wadedixon1mo ago
Last Christmas my kitchen looked like a flour bomb went off. Those sticky handprints on everything were kinda worth it though.
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