New month, new theme. The July theme is Belly Up to the Bar and will be focused on bar cookies. Brownies, blondies, cookie bars, oh my.
This is a good theme to have for a hot July because it requires minimal oven time. Instead of baking tray after tray of cookies, this is pour, bake, and done. Which heats up the house less.
No heat is coming in August, but July is hot enough to have less baking time.
One of my new coworkers asked if I could make a brownie. I hate making brownies. The dark brown of the cocoa makes it hard to discern when it is done. But I was pleased to have been asked, so I said yes.
Also, I realized that this would mean less time baking and more time with the oven off.
I had a recipe that I wanted to try, a brownie brittle. This is the first time I made it and it went really smoothly. After the batter is done, the recipe gave the option of mix ins. Nuts or chocolate chips. And I thought I have peanut butter chips, I will use them.
Because we all enjoy a peanut butter chocolate mash up.
10/10 would make again. Next time I will mix up the flavoring, maybe add some mint! Both mint chip and mint flavoring. Not mint with peanut butter, that’s just weird.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 