In addition to meat and sparkling water, TinyD craves cupcakes and brownies. I’ve done more dessert-baking since becoming pregnant that the whole time Travis and I have been married. I’ve become a huge fan of Betty Crocker boxed cake mixes and the icing that comes in the tubs. For some reason, making, frosting, and eating cupcakes is more satisfying than baking a cake. I also like adding extra leftover icing to the cupcakes that I eat. Yum!
I’ve also made a lot of brownies over the last few months. I always end up drinking a lot of milk when I eat brownies, so this makes them good for me, right? My favorite boxed brownies are even better when I make my mom’s ‘Symphony Bar’ version. Symphony Bars are the snooty form of Hershey’s chocolate. To make Symphony Bar brownies, just put half of the brownie mix in the pan, lay the 2 giant chocolate bars in the pan on top, then cover with the rest of the brownie mix. The cooking time is the same and the brownies are very tasty.
TOO WEIRD. I just had a conversation with my mom yesterday about my grandmother in Longview mentioning a recipe for putting Symphony bars in between brownie layers. I had never heard of it before and then read your post! Must be an East Texas thing?
Comment by emkenton — May 14, 2007 @ 10:33 am