2022 Recipe Disasters.
It’s recipe disaster day! One of my faves of the year.
YOU GUYS!!! It has been TWELVE YEARS since I first shared a random blog post about all the recipes that failed over the year… and he we are. Still with a lot of flops in the kitchen. Still kickin’!
You can find all the previous recipe disasters here:
This is a just a fun way to share all my mess ups in the kitchen. I cook SO MUCH and many times, I redo takes on classic recipes I know and love. But because I’m in the kitchen so much, it’s not unusual for me to have failures. I mean, tons of failures. I snap a pic so we can look back and laugh. It’s truly hilarious.
Let’s check them out!
Lots of burnt toast, bread and buns this year. I mean lots.
Not the beautiful glaze I was hoping for…
Um, these are apple cider soft pretzels and while they were incredible, you know exactly what that looks like.
The definition of insanity: I’ve tried three years in a row to make blood orange bars and forget every year that the color doesn’t translate.
This was the worst risotto I have ever made in my life. Horrific! I wasn’t paying attention. My mind was elsewhere.
I have been trying to perfect a cinnamon sugar quick bread for years now. YEARS. This is why I’m not a baker.
This one looks okay, but it wasn’t. I had about five or six of these fail this year. It’s NOT IN THE CARDS.
OMG. This was so bad. It was a chicken shepherds pie or something like that. It was truly terrible.
Also terrible – including the photo – a chicken and sweet potato enchilada bake. So terrible. Nothing about this was right.
I’m no stranger to cast iron pizzas but this margherita version was unimpressive.
Blueberry pudding cake was a lump of nothing. Working on this for summer already.
This was actually look but every time I made it, it looked like garbage. Coconut shrimp and corn chowder. It looked like bricks of heavy shrimp on top of soup. Gross.
Apple cider dutch baby which fell so bad that it was a flat, soggy and way to sweet mess.
Annnnd lemon bars with a chocolate crust. Terrible the first few times but I think I’ve gone this one down. Coming soon!
What was your biggest kitchen flop in 2022?!
20 Comments on “2022 Recipe Disasters.”
Maybe it’s time to start a trend: ugly but tasty? I feel bad for you for working hard to develop things you love and then not sharing them because they don’t photograph well. We know you – post the ugly ones, too! Maybe the 2nd Thursday of the month is ugly but yum Thursday??
Happy 2023!
I actually think your cinnamon swirl bread looks yummy…double the amount of stuff in the swirl….I promise it will tasted yummy. Twice I made a certain famous cookbook and food network star’s cookies and they were just flat….ugly….and I wrote on the recipe in her cookbook….do not make again…just don’t Not even that good period. I also have failed with ricotta cookies….not sure why. Thank you for sharing….I also have burned stuff…blamed it on the uneven oven temperature….Happy New Year! I enjoy your blog and recipes and your pictures!
Ooh lemon bars with a chocolate crust… check out my version from a few years ago! A local bakery even made them and sold them on their menu! https://theaprilblake.com/lemon-bars-with-an-almond-chocolate-crust/
I always love your fail posts though, especially when the food looks unintentionally uh, you know. ;)
My funniest kitchen fail was when I over-seasoned taco meat and because I had nothing else available to prepare for dinner, I washed it. I ran the ground beef with too much seasoning under the kitchen faucet into a colander 🤦🏼♀️ it was unforgettably funny though
I absolutely LOVE your disaster posts… I tell you what – I will start collecting mine and join you next year. Too bad I never took a picture of THE WORST THING I MADE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Two words for you – vegan soufflé.
and no, I am not vegan or even vegetarian. What was I thinking?
it was horrific on all possible levels of gastronomic horror.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here’s to great and not so great cooking in 2023!
I love that you share your recipe disasters with us each year. My biggest kitchen flop this year was a chicken recipe that was so awful it was inedible. Two bites in and we decided to make a frozen pizza for dinner instead!
Can’t wait to see the lemon/chocolate bars! I love that flavor pairing!
I forgot to put eggs in our overnight French toast casserole for Christmas morning! 🤦🏽♀️😂
This will be like the “Ugly Sweater trend”.🧥
“Your worst kitchen flop 2022”.😣
I have been baking and cooking for over 50 years!
I’ve made so many Chocolate Chip cookies. I do it in my sleep, but once in a while they’re a flop. I think sometimes the butter is frozen from the grocery store , so the moisture content is higher and it screws them up! My oven is electric and it can burns things when it’s having a bad day. my homemade Fanny Farmer dinner rolls just don’t like my oven.
YAY!!! I wait all year for these posts and adore them so much. I LOVE the idea of posting delicious but “ugly” recipes as someone else suggested. Honestly, all of your food looks delicious to me. Sometimes the fancy blog photos intimidate me so much that I don’t try a recipe since I’m like “yeah, it’ll never turn out that nice.” Thanks for all you do to make our lives happier and more delicious. Happy Holidays!
Haha, love this post Jessica! The best thing about sweet recipe fails is that often they can be mixed through ice cream to make something amazing. Love reading your posts – Merry Christmas! 🎄
I love these yearly posts. The blood orange bars sound so good.
I made gnocchi this year and it was very bad.
I live for this post every year! Makes my failures in the kitchen seem not so bad!😆
Love this post. For me this year i didnt really branch out much but i continue to struggle to find a good flavorful gluten free cut out sugar cookie.
Ok – I’m still laughing at THAT picture! LOL.
Love everything you do for us on this blog. You and your family are a highlight of my week!
All the best to you and Happy New Year!!
I tried to make a homemade dough for a peach galette. Ummm just no.. it was so gloppy I could not even get it off of the parchment paper…epic fail..and I did follow the recipie..so don’t know what went wrong..
HA! The soft pretzel!!
Also, I kind of want to taste all of these anyway.
I find it both comforting and inspiring when you share these recipe disaster posts… Glad to be in good company!
My fail: Homemade gnocchi. I have tried multiple times over the years and always manage to wreck the dough or create sad pasta blobs. Maybe next year!
Your website has been one of my absolute favorites for years. THANK YOU for the great recipes and hard work behind the scenes. Wishing you and all the very best in 2023! :) <3
I laughed so hard at the risotto because I can relate! I made THE WORST butternut squash risotto EVER. It was so bad it’s funny now!!! (I’ve also vowed to never make it again)
I just read an email from King Arthur Flour that their recipe of the year was coffee cake, and the picture of your quick bread reminded me of their post. They spent all year on it!