Okay, so you’ve already mixed the dough, and it’s a bowl of sandy sadness. Don’t panic. You have options.
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First, sprinkle it with a little milk or heavy cream. Add one tablespoon at a time, mix with a fork, and test if it clumps when squeezed. If it does, you’re saved. If not, add more until it does. You’re basically performing dough CPR.
Second, you can turn those crumbs into shortbread crumble topping. Pat it over fruit in a baking dish, add some brown sugar, and call it a “rustic crisp.” No one will know you failed. They’ll just think you’re a maestro of texture.
Third—and this is advanced—press the crumbs into a pan and bake them as a shortbread crust for cheesecake or lemon bars. The crumbs will magically fuse together in the oven, and you’ll look like a genius who planned it all along. You didn’t. But who’s counting?
