We are having an inservice/Week of the Young Child event tomorrow evening at school and the staff is bringing snacks. I cut up some cheese and sausage, but felt bad that I wasn’t going to bake anything. I’m pretty sure there will be plenty of food, but I thought maybe I could make shortbread.
Problem: Shortbread needs sugar, and I am out. The internet to the rescue! You can make shortbread with brown sugar! I halved this recipe and – Brad, you will be proud of me – followed the directions exactly. I wanted to tinker with the baking time, but didn’t. That’s a huge step towards recovery.
But there’s another problem. I started making it after 7, so there’s no way that I could taste it to see if it’s good. Even if I could eat it, I don’t like shortbread, so I don’t want to eat it.
There’s yet another problem. I couldn’t believe that something only made of flour, brown sugar and butter could taste good, so I thought I’d try tempering chocolate again and do a drizzle. My chocolate did not set. Dang it.
All in all, I’d like to be the first to say that this was a bad idea. I hope everyone else brings food.