About Brownies and Pies

I was making a pie yesterday and middle-way-through it seemed like it would be a total flop,a terrible disaster.And for me, that is quite a terrible thing to happen: I am always very touchy on the subject of … baking flops.When I bake something,I quite naturally want it to turn out like the pie , or the whatever-it-is-in-question, on the picture in the book.

I have the luck of having one of those moms that can do anything.When I get that sinking feeling,that uncomfortable suspicion that my pie is going to flop,I call my mom to the rescue.And most of the time she can save it.I don’t exactly know how she does it or what she does,although I always pay attention..she just kind of … saves my pie and thus consequently my day.

So yesterday I made a pie that didn’t turn out like I wanted it but everyone said it was good except that the bottom was a bit soggy (yes yes,I know it’s soggy,just eat it and be still) and I was quite content because I hadn’t even made mom rescue it…couldn’t, since she wasn’t home.

I afterwards made brownies that did turn out just the way I wanted them and since there isn’t a picture for that particular recipe, I had no doubt that they looked just like they would have looked on the picture if there had been one.

And that is just the way it is with God,too.If we make a mess of our lives,He can help us out.Yes,there will be consequences and all that,but He’s always there for us.

(yes,I am aware of the fact that the creations on the picture have hideous colors for food,and furthermore and also I am aware of the next fact, this one being…they are muffins and not brownies,but I thought it would be more encouraging then if I put a picture of the brownies on…. you might get depressed if your brownies don’t turn out as nice, which they most likely won’t,and if they would,you would get to proud.)

Here’s the brownie recipe…It is scrumptiously good,and truly scrumptious!

Chocolate Brownies

 ingredients:

40gr flour

60gr cocoa powder

400 sugar

120gr chopped pecan or walnuts

250 gr pure chocolate,chopped

250 gr butter,melted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 eggs,lightly beaten

 preheat the oven to 180°c. Grease the baking pan (about 30 cm x 20 cm)and put a baking sheet in it.

Sift flour and cocoa in a bowl and add sugar,nuts if you like them,I never put them in,and chocolate of course! Stir and make a little hole in the middle.

Pour in butter,vanilla extract and eggs and stir everything very well.Pour in baking pan,smooth it over and put it in the oven for 50 min.

After you take it out,leave it to cool of for 2 hours.

Cut in squares,eat,and don’t eat to much!

(makes about 24 pieces)