Smore Brownies

One won't think that 3 hard ciders would give a person a hangover... But guess what I was wrong! I have discovered that hard cider is a  favorable companion when baking brownies. I might have a brownie obsession, since this is the second brownie recipe in a row that I have tried.  Behold the Smore Brownies, Taste of Home, fast fixes with mixes, a ooey, gooey mess of pure confectionery goodness.

This was yet another Taste of Home adventure, seeing that I have discovered I have a fascination with Taste of Home cookbooks, God help me! This means that my coworkers are going to be to a lot of brownies.  This batch successfully made it to the work place, unlike the last batch of brownies, that was pillaged from the inside.

Testing on my co-workers proved that this recipe was a success, seeing that they ate it and no one died and people came back for more.  The consumption of hard cider did not hamper the ease to which this recipe was deployed.  The only thing the hard cider hampered was my spring in my step in the morning.

Someday I will make something other than brownies, and it will most likely include ramen. Or maybe I will find a recipe that is brownies and ramen combined. Perhaps I should be careful what I wish for, or maybe my coworkers should be careful on what I wish for.  Mwaahaha!

Cooking Challenge Accepted

My friends, Teresa and Beth have put forth a challenge to go through all of my cookbooks.  You can read about their challenges and triumphs on their blogs.  The whole idea behind it is insane. I love it. I joined in. To summarize, I have to use all of the cookbooks that I own at least once and do so by end of June 2015. I have a really bad habit of collecting more cookbooks, and while debating on this quest, I have managed to increase my collection by another four books.  This should be a very tasty year and possibly a very adventurous one.

I just hope that my parents, my coworkers and my friends realize that they will be my guinea pigs, and that I do so out of love, and not an attempt to kill them. If they are reading this, they have been warned, if they are not reading this, all is fair.   In addition to this challenge,  I really enjoy imbibing in spirits, and like to drink while cooking. This sometimes helps the cooking process and sometimes not so much.

In this blog, you will find the results of this misguided forays into the realms of the kitchen.  And sadly, my love of all things Ramen. You can't screw up Ramen, but everything else is up for debate.  Thank you for joining me and hopefully I can amuse you with my adventures and expand my culinary expertise.