Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Snow Day

So I promised the kids we would go sledding today. But then we got this:

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And I won't drive in that.

So we had a brownie party instead! I finally figured out how to bake good brownies. It has taken me years. I would get so frustrated because it seemed as if every time I tried to bake brownies the inside would be underdone, the outside would be overdone, and I would feel like a huge failure because can't everyone bake brownies???
I finally figured out that a combination of following the Betty Crocker recipe EXACTLY (yes, I do beat the sugar, eggs and vanilla for 5 minutes, not just 1 minute), setting my oven temp to 365 and cooking for an hour, covering with foil and cooking 15 minutes longer will get me soft, cake-like brownies, with no hard crust and no underdone mess in the middle.

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That is fresh whipped cream. As in fresh from the cow. I am lucky, lucky to have a good farmer friend who gifts us with fresh milk and cream. It is just as yummy as it looks.

We ate brownies and drank hot chocolate with whipped cream and played some games. Sledding was forgotten and Mom once again took her rightful reign as queen of the universe, aka BEST MOM EVER!!!

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow, that looks great! I did drive in that snow..I was supposed to go to Cleve, but didnt, went to the Art museum instead.
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