The Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies Cooking Disaster

Or at least a new cook.

I made the batch for Pat's office but I had to use the old metal 9x13 pan. We own two of them and they nest well together. So well that I did not notice that I put both into the oven together. This created a nice insulation for the center of the pan so the brownie layer never cooked through in the center.

You know that if you feel really satisfied with something the odds are you will screw it up. I am still tweaking the concoction. I want to lower the temperature and cook it a bit longer to ensure that the bottom cooks through.

Still, Pat was happy - I made a back up batch of milk chocolate brownies that were cooked perfectly. In addition, folks at her office had requested my Oatmeal Junky Cookies (this is an oatmeal cookie with raisins, walnuts and coconut). When arranged on the platter the cookies and brownies were sprinkled with those rather horrible pumpkin looking candies (they normally come with sugar Indian corn). None were left at the end of the luncheon.

The Pumpkin Cheesecake brownies on the outside of the pan were fine. These and most of the rest of the cookies went to the scout meeting where they were devoured. I had a couple of recipe requests for the brownies.

Oh, gooey or not, we ate most of the undercooked brownies at home.

Now I am off to apply for a job in disaster recovery.

Oh, and I do plan to make a batch of the brownies for Pat to bring in to the office - if only to fine tune the recipe.