I know you wonder what I do all day...

Well today was much like any other day. Owen woke up at 7 am to the deafening sound of the lawn mower guys. Liam slept through the whole thing until 9, and I drug myself out of bed to get O some breakfast.

I have a meeting tonight and have to take a dessert, I scanned through some of my Moms favorite dishes and decided on Rocky Road Brownies.

I made it all from scratch. And I hope it tastes as good as it looks. They have to be with how much butter is in the recipe.


If you want to eat some too, here is the recipe:

Brownie mixture:

1/2 C Butter
1 oz. Square unsweetened chocolate
1 C sugar
1 C flour
1/2-1 C chopped nuts (optional)
1 t Baking powder
1 t vanilla
2 eggs


Topping mixture:

6 oz. pkg cream cheese softened (You'll need the other 2 oz. for the frosting part)
1/2 C sugar
2 T flour
1/4 C butter softened
1 Egg
1/2 t vanilla
1/4 C chopped nuts (Optional)
1 C semi sweet chocolate chips

Frosting Mixture:

2 C miniature Marshmallows
1/4 C butter
1/2 C semi sweet chocolate chips
Remaining 2 oz. Cream cheese
1/4 C milk
3 C powdered Sugar
1 t Vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease and Flour a 9x13 baking pan

In a bowl mix together:
1 C sugar
1 C flour
1/2-1 C chopped nuts
1 t Baking Powder
1 t Vanilla
2 eggs

In a microwave safe dish, melt 1/2 C butter and 1 oz. square chocolate in microwave in 30 sec intervals until melted. Then add to brownie mixture. Mix well and pour into the baking pan. (The mixture will be really thick.)

In a small bowl combine the 6 oz. cream cheese with next 5 filling ingredients blend until smooth and fluffy with a hand mixer. Stir in nuts and spread over UNBAKED brownie mixture.
Sprinkle with 1 C semi sweet chocolate chips and bake for 25-30 minutes or until brownies and topping are just set.

While brownies are baking, combine 1/4 C butter, 1/4 C milk, 1/2 C chocolate chips, and 2 oz. of the reserved cream cheese in a large sauce pan. Cook and stir over low heat until smooth and blended (The cream cheese won't melt completely and will look a little curdled looking.)

When brownies are done, pull from oven and sprinkle Marshmallows and return to oven for 2-3 minutes (You just want the Mallows to puff, don't let them to brown of they'll be dry and chewy.)
As soon as you return bars back to oven, add powdered sugar and 1 t. vanilla to cream cheese frosting mixture and beat well with a wire whisk.

When Marshmallows have puffed, remove bars from oven and immediately pour frosting mixture over the marshmallows. With the tip of a knife, gently swirl the frosting and marshmallows together. Cool completely on wire rack, then chill until firm. Store bars in refrigerator. Make 36 bars.

But what was Owen doing while I was baking these beauties?

THIS:
You'd think by now I'd be smart enough not to leave a bag of flour within reach of ole sticky fingers, but NO I'm not. Luckily I had just filled my empty flour canister back up so it wasn't the whole bag, but enough to make a good mess and a trip in the shower for Owen.



















What have I done to deserve such a mischievous, curious, destructive child? If anyone should have one it should be my brother Chris. He's the one who would do stuff like this when he was little, NOT me! Maybe they messed up and I was supposed to get Graham-Bam???
But I doubt it since Graham is the spitting image of Buddy and Owen, Nate. All I can say is Sara: keep your fingers crossed!

And that is what I do on a typical day...