Disasters

  • Cat in the Kitchen. Not Good.

    January 12th, 2012

    Andy has never met a dessert he hasn’t liked (oh, that’s not true- he didn’t like the microwaved brownies and I can’t say I blame him). For the most part this is flattering to me, as a baker always appreciates a fan, but when said cat is found licking your freshly plated Magic Gooey Cookie Bars, all charm is lost. His hair was also found on the remaining bars in the pan. A recipe for disaster.

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  • Never (Ever) Again Microwave Brownies

    January 4th, 2012

    Word to the wise: gourmet brownies aren’t born in the microwave.

    Unless you are okay with a crappy-looking crust and happen to think that it’s acceptable for brownies to take just as long to bake in the microwave as they do in the oven. So if that’s what you’re after, then microwave away. But if you’re after a simple 33 minutes and a crust that you don’t have to bury under icing (hold on- that’s not always a bad thing)- then stick with the oven.

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  • Repulsive White Chocolate Cookie Bars

    January 3rd, 2012

    Oh, I was so disappointed by these.

    Take a foolproof classic- like the Magic Gooey Cookie Bar- and screw it up colossally by trying to be fancy and adding shaved mounds of white chocolate to the top of the gooey sweetened condensed layer. Yes, I was trying to be smart by using up a block of white chocolate, and yes, I thought that these cookie bars were the whore of the dessert bar world- accepting of anything, per se, but I was really wrong- at least in the looks department. Check the picture out, and agree with me that they are so not appetizing.

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