You mentioned those "pollinator-friendly signs" out front, and that's the part that really gets me. If they're knowingly putting up those signs while using neonicotinoids, that goes past just bad practice straight into false advertising territory. What do you plan to ask them when you stop by tomorrow? I'd be curious if they're even aware of the connection between those pesticides and bee decline, or if they're just buying whatever the supplier pushes on them. Seems like a question worth asking, because if they don't know, that's one thing, but if they do know and still do it, that's a whole different problem.

Nah man, sometimes the old stuff hits different when you just follow it as written

the box said it still needs brushing @the_willow just way less often like every other day.

Has anyone else driven themselves crazy testing batches back to back like this? Cause I feel your pain, laura_knight54. I did the whole cold butter cube thing for a solid year assuming that was the secret, but @avery_fox93 is right about warm butter giving that chewy bite. My cookies would always come out dense and almost cakey with cold butter, like I was eating a biscuit. It took me burning through a bag of chocolate chips before I realized my butter needed to be just soft enough to squish with a finger.

Honestly, did you try pushing the reset button? I spent three hours trying to fix a toaster once before realizing it was unplugged.