Brownies

Hey There,

By now you all know that one of my favorite things to do is bake from scratch. Well I am here to tell you about a gift someone just recently gave to me.

Some times on television you see things advertised that make a lot of sense and you send after them. I have sent after so many things that are suppose to make my life so simple and cut my work load in half. Then there are the gadgets that look good but don't work at all as they said it would. Where does that thing end up? Well in the basement or yard sale. You may have paid $19.95 and $5.95 shipping. But wait, if you order right now we will ship you a second one free, you just have to pay shipping.

Any more when I hear those words I run, not walk, to the next room and I go online and check out this wonderful newest and greatest gadget. OH MY GOSH IT DOES ALL THAT!? HOLY COW! I have to have one, but wait, I get one free. So I order two and I get two free, that makes sense doesn't it. I didn't just get one free I got two free, it just cost me $23.80 in shipping plus the cost of the first two items. I can't even think about what it actually is costing me, I am so excited about the two free ones that life is good and after all I did get something free, it just cost me $63.70 WOW!!

OK, I have this over active compulsive behavior, I can't just buy one. Now not one is in the basement waiting for a yard sale but four are now waiting for someone to say, Hey how much do you want for those. Oh those wonderful things? Oh my gosh you will just love them, I know you will enjoy them, how about fifteen dollars each? So now I have made $28.15 profit, not bad.

Now let me tell you about the gift that a customer brought into me.

A customer of mine brought me in something called, "The Brownie Pan". Let me tell you I thought when I saw it on T.V. it was another one of those gadgets that you toss into the basement. I really thought it was a joke, who can't cut brownies?

Me, I can't cut a nice looking brownie to save my life. When people come into my shop and they see brownies, I can tell by the look on their faces they are thinking "what three year old cut those"?

So I made brownies, in fact I doubled my recipe so I could put half in the special brownie pan and half in a 9 X 13 pan. All the time thinking, oh brother this thing is just worthless. None the less I did try it.

Results; OK the brownie pan directions said to bake for thirty minutes as my recipe also said for the larger pan. When I put a knife in the brownie pan it came out clear just like the directions said it would. The 9 X 13 pan took about twenty minutes longer, and the edges where beginning to over bake. I am here to tell you that the special Brownie pan is worth every penny. I am buying four more of them so, I will have five all together. ha ha Well a girl never knows when she will need a hundred brownies......

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Carolyn