Brownies on a Rainy Day

Hello all - 


It's been a busy week - I started solo leading this past week, and now I'm on my second day off. It's back to work tomorrow, but I thought I'd update and share a bit about my weekend baking adventure - brownies! 


It's a really awesome recipe from the Holden cookbook "Lavish Simplicity". The recipe goes as follows: 


*unsalted butter - 1 1/4 cups
*cocoa powder - 1 1/2 cups
*baking soda - 1 teaspoon
*salt - 1 teaspoon
*boiling water - 1 cup
*eggs - 4 
* sugar - 4 cups 
*flour - 2 2/3 cups 
*vanilla - 2 teaspoons
*chocolate chips - 3 cups 


Melt butter. In a separate bowl, combine cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and half of the melted butter. Add the boiling water and mix until it thickens. Mix in eggs, sugar, and remaining butter until smooth. Add flour and vanilla. When completely blended, add chocolate chips. Pour into a well-greased 9" x 13" cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Cool and dust with powdered sugar. Makes about 2 dozen brownies. 

Brownies in progress. :)

These are seriously some of the best brownies ever - you should try them! 


I'm setting up an account with the Chelan Red Apple Market, so I can order more baking ingredients - next Sunday will bring pecan pie. :) 

Cooling on the windowsill. 

In other news, it's officially the beginning of summer here at the Village, as the first round of teaching staff have arrived. Marty Haugen, well-known and revered in Lutheran circles, is here teaching a program called "Living Liturgy" and directing the Village Liturgical Choir. Other classes are going on as well - a Bible study on Exodus took place this morning, as well as "Blessings and the 21st Century". There is some really neat stuff planned for this week, and I'm hoping to get to a few classes. 


Hope this finds all my readers well - 


From the Village - 


Dean