The Potential Of D'oh

Sometimes there are recipes. Sort of like simple instructions to prepare the perfect item. An item, such as a cookie. Now, cookies are usually baked from cookie dough. That's really interesting. Dough is potential. It could just stay as dough. It could also become that wonderfully crisp and perfectly browned cookie. All you have to do is follow that perfect recipe. Of course, everyone believes that the "perfect" recipe really isn't, and wind up preparing all sorts of half-baked and burnt cookies. There's something worse than not using your potential. It's using your potential and turning out half baked. How could a cookie possibly go so wrong...