Choklit Blog #48: The Baked Chronicles: Volume 6

July 6-9, 2010.

     I feel like I haven’t really worked this week.  Maybe we haven’t had much business.  If we have, then we must have been trying to run out of food.  

     I’ve discovered something amazing.  One of the few things I did make this week was brookies.  A brookie is basically a chocolate chip cookie encased in a brownie.  My mind can barely process all the awesomeness.  What could possibly be better than that?!  Important lesson #13: Brookies are the greatest things ever created by man.

     My overwhelming joy from seeing brookies for the first time didn’t last long, though, because this week I was forced against my will to make cinnamon buns again after I was told I never would again.  While I was making them, all my coworkers walked out of the kitchen, leaving me with absolutely nothing to do except wipe down my table a million times and eat granola.  Important lesson #14: Granola tastes good.

     Of course I had to ruin something this week, like every week.  I was told by a coworker a few weeks ago how to check the doneness of brownies.  Unfortunately, I was apparently taught wrong, because the brownies I made this week were way overbaked.  By “way overbaked”, I actually mean “perfect for real brownies, but way overbaked for Baked brownies.”  Each employee went home with a box of brownies, thanks to my ignorance.  Important lesson #15: Ruining things the right way can work in your favor.

     Once again, I was told to make something when we didn’t have enough ingredients for it.  Molasses cookies just don’t work without molasses.  Of course, once I started making them, I was told that I actually wasn’t supposed to make them.  Important lesson #16: Don’t listen to the production list or non-managerial coworkers.