Recipes That Don't Work: "Sloppy" Brownies

Below I have copied and pasted the exact recipe for Slutty Brownies as seen on The Londoner and all over Pinterest. (I think it's safe to say that my Pinterest addiction has and will continue to fuel RTDW posts). She includes a picture tutorial on her blog. My picture is at the end.

My edits will appear in this font.

1 Box of cookie mix, 

1 Box of brownie mix, 

2 Eggs,

2 Packs of Oreos (double stuffed ones are even better if you can find them)

Some oil 

& your favourite ice-cream (optional)

Preheat your oven to 350°F  or 375, because I was pretty sure she didn't mention a temperature...

Line a baking tray with grease proof paper.

Follow the instructions on the cookie mix box & stir furiously until you have gooey cookie dough, I usually add a little extra water and oil to what they suggest, it just keeps it moist as you'll be baking it for longer than suggested. An extra teaspoon of each is just right. 

Squidge (technical term) the cookie dough into a lined baking tray, until it covers the bottom. 

Cover this layer with your Oreos. Don't use the broken ones, eat them as you go. This recipe is too glorious to use substandard Oreos. I did not find any broken ones and was heartbroken.

Mix up your brownie batter. Just stick to the recipe on the box for this one.

& pour over your Oreos.

Bake for 30mins.

Remove from the oven and leave to cool. 

When its still a little bit warm, use the paper to lift your creation out of the tray and rest it on a chopping board. 

As you do this, notice how the completely raw brownie on top starts to spread like hot lava flow. Panic and try to put it back into the pan, this does not work as any shape or form it may have once had is completely gone. Resolve that it simply must go back into the oven no matter how gooey you think you could handle it. Have a panicked assistant get out a cookie sheet (where it HAD been in an 8" x 8" square pan). Slide it onto the cookie sheet and place it back in the oven at 350 and keep an eye on it.

Use a large, sharp knife to cut it into manageable chunks, sections, slabs... depending on how many calories you think you can handle in one sitting. 

This is hers

 This is mine.

Take a picture, then eat, this is still edible and delicious despite our lack of ice cream.

Let them eat CAKE

I started following @honesttoddler on twitter, it's supposed to give us the hilarious insights of the toddler mind. One thing I learned right away, they apparently love cake.

One Saturday, Anna insisted we make some cake, she was mostly in it for the making and cared little for the eating. So we made two 8" rounds and ate one slowly through the week. When we got to the next Saturday and we still had a cake sitting around, I decided to let Eliza loose on it.

So I set her up in her chair with an unfrosted chocolate cake, she asked for a bowl and a spoon. She ate some, she spooned some out of the cake and into the bowl, a lot ended up on the floor, the table and the chair. It was not a long exercise, but I sure got some cute pictures.

Park City Reunion

Gramma and Grampa outdid themselves this summer and hosted a great "reunion" of sorts in Park City. We had a blast playing and eating and eating and playing. The only camera I use nowadays is the one on my ipod, hence the lack of posts with pictures and the graininess thereof. 

 Here is Anna's very amazing pipe cleaner crown. She worked at this for about an hour, using every pipe cleaner she could get her hands on. By the end of the week it was much smashier but everyone still revered it.

Playing softball at the Park City City Park. I think that's Thad on 1st, and Jethro pitching.

 Beetle on 3rd, Matt on 2nd.

 Fence, Dad at bat.

 Here are the older kids (note, anna's crown in use.) Eliza was tickling their toes and they loved it.

This is the bear statue on Main Street, we only got there once the whole week. But what can you do with 9 kids around all those shops?

Here is the most adorable picture ever. We drove up to Mirror Lake in the Uintas and Thad endlessly endured Eliza's favorite activity of throwing rocks in water. Even when she couldn't find any rocks, he would reach into the water and pull out the ones she had just thrown in so she could do it again. They are a great pair.

She didn't even fall in.

Ben was travelling abroad, we missed him terribly, but it was nice to have a lot of backup help.

Nesting Time

On vacation this week with most of the family. We are missing the Bens. But they are probably ok with it. We have 9 kids ages 5 1/2 years to 2 1/2 months and 9 adults. Every day includes at least one trip to the swimming pools and we've had more than a few chaotic feeding times.

This is not a great picture, but there are legitimate excuses for that. The point is, Grampa and I were graciously left behind at the condo to watch Eliza and her cousin Myra, both nearly 2. Grampa was ready for his nap and decided they were too, so he got them both their napping pacifiers and made this little nest for them to sit still and watch tv. So cute.