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Chocolate Hello Dollies, a takeoff on a coffee in your own kitchen or wrapping
1960s favorite down South; Joy of as gifts for your friends.
Almond Bars, so named because they And then there are the brownies.

resemble a famous candy bar; and Sarah’s Now, I have a slight confession to make.
Chocolate Peppermint Sticks, a delight- Up until this book, I never bought a
fully thin bar made by a Texas cake deco- package of brownie mix because
scratch brownies are so simple to pre-
pare. Yet I wanted to explore the mixes
“What use are cartridges in battle? to find out if they really made simple
I always carry chocolate instead.” even simpler and whether you could
—GEORGE BERNARD SHAW doctor them up into fabulous brownies
that tasted as if they were made from

rator named Sarah Goodenough (yes, scratch. The answers are yes and yes.
that is her real name!). My delicious results lie in this chapter,
People are amazed that something and I think differently about brownie
as sophisticated as biscotti can be mixes now. Just try the Pecan Chip
started with cake mix. You bet! Stir in Buttermilk Brownies, the Marbled Cream
dried cherries, chopped almonds, choco - Cheese and Kahlúa Brownies, the
late flakes, and hazelnuts and you have Chocolate Mint Brownies, the Banana

biscotti perfect for dunking into hot Black Walnut Brownies. . . . Heck, all
the brownies are yummy. I would not
have in cluded them if they weren’t!