I didn't go to school on Monday. Instead I stayed home, read my Swedish book, and then took a nap. I woke up from the nap hungry. Not just hungry but HUNGRY. I always wake up from naps super hungry and super grouchy.
My first thought after waking up was "brownies." After reading THIS recipe the night before I guess brownies were placed into my subconscious.
Have you ever tried cooking or baking while still in a sleep-stupor? It's hard.
First of all, I didn't have enough ingredients to make the full recipe so I halved it. Have you ever halved anything while still in a sleep-stupor? It's hard.
The kitchen was a mess, I was very much asleep and very much grouchy. I really wanted brownies.
The brownies themselves are easy to make but in my stupor I made a few mistakes. Awesome mistakes.
As I mentioned before I followed a recipe. And you should follow this recipe too. And make my mistakes.
Sleep Stupor Mistakes
- I did not have enough chocolate so I used about 1 1/2 teaspoons extra of cocoa powder which I placed in with the melted butter and melted chocolate.
- I barely used more sugar than the (halved) recipe called for- about 1 1/4 cup because I didn't want them to be too bitter from the added cocoa powder.
- I used 2 teaspoons of vanilla (so the full amount). This originally made the brownies too vanilla-ey.
- To combat the vanilla-eyness of the brownies I made a chocolate sauce using the recipe found here (under the section about substituting cocoa for chocolate) AND pierced holes in the brownies so the sauce would saturate them.
The brownies were amazingly fudgey and moist on the inside and crisp on the edges. The taste of vanilla was super intense but after adding the chocolate sauce it didn't overpower. It was like a vanilla ice cream with brownie bites and fudge sauce.
The verdict: sleep stupor mistakes are awesome mistakes.
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