Working in the office at school, you really get to know the people well! And if they like you enough, they'll let you go home and get the dessert you forgot to bring them (that has happened before) or the breakfast you accidentally left on the kitchen table (this too has happened, even within the last week).
I work with the athletic director at school and our motto in the little office we share is "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". If only I blabbed about everything that happened! You guys might die of laughter if I told you, so I'm saving not only you, but your families by not sharing! What a lot of people don't know, is that we share a love of baking! I mean how many guys do we know that really love to act all tough but are truly softies?! A lot!!! Sorry men, just face it. It's okay to be soft! Say it with me if you're a guy, "I am soft. I am lovely. I love to bake, and I am a manly man". Okay, maybe that's a little out there.
I really needed a recipe to try for tomorrow. A friend has suggested peanut butter bars, but sometimes you just have to be in the mood for those. While they looked delicious, I just wasn't in the mood for it.
I had tried some caramel (if you said "care-uh-mell", you're doing it wrong, but that's none of my business) brownies the athletic director had made, and they were just amazing!
I instantly sent a text to him asking for the recipe, to which I got the reply "I'll bring it to school tomorrow". It was hand-written and everything!
I thought about this recipe before making it and decided I would try turtle brownies with the recipe. So, I'm contributing to the original recipe by adding pecans! I know, it's a big risk. Hold the applause until the end please, and thank you! Are you ready to start this process!?
First, begin with the ingredients! (sorry, was that too insulting to humanity??) You'll need a German chocolate cake mix, evaporated milk, chocolate chips, a bag of caramels (say it right "caramel". No, say it again, "caramel". One more chance, say it right, "carmel". There you go!), and pecans.
Now, mix all of the ingredients for the cake mix together. My best advice for this is to choose as small of a bowl as possible, but still be able to fit everything in it. The smaller the bowl, the less you have to clean! (Dear Future Husband, I'll cook, you clean. Thanks!) Add in 1/3 cup of evaporated milk, and 3/4 of melted butter.
At this point, you only need to put half of the batter in a greased pan.
Now put it in the oven for 6-10 minutes. That's what the original recipe said, so basically 8 minutes. While it is in the oven the first time, melt the bag of caramels ("Carmel!") and 1/3 cup of evaporated milk in the microwave. This should take 3-4 minutes.
After the time has passed, take it out. Now add the bag of chocolate chips to the top, along with the melted caramel ("carmel!"), and the rest of the batter on top.
At this point, the recipe said "It will be a little bit set up. You'll need to mix it with your hands." Uhm, no! That's gross! I'm not a fan of people using their hands to mix! Like what if that person had forgotten to wash their hands before baking and were picking their nose before that!? THAT'S GROSS!!!! DON'T DO THAT! With that being said, you should get a fork to swirl it. It works good enough.
If you're as skilled as I am, you'll probably drop the fork while you're swirling everything together.
This calls for immediate intervention! First, get a new fork to swirl it. Second, lick that fork clean! (It's delicious!!!)
Once again, the time for dishes has come. There's no better way to clean than by licking the bowl clean!
Oh, and you better be sure nobody is watching when you do that! If they do watch, then they now know that you've had those calories! If they're not watching, they don't count! You're welcome. While the brownies are baking, chop up some pecans (as many as you want) to put on top.
The brownies should be done eventually. They took longer than I originally thought they would. I think they took around 30 minutes to bake. That's plenty of time for the dishes to be done...only if you want to do them. ;)
Next, go relax! Eat your brownies and watch a movie. Don't be ashamed, go ahead, take the whole pan with you while they're warm!
(These were just the movies I picked! They were both good!)