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Baking Workshop 5/22, FH Home Ec Classroom, Monday Morning

Piper smiles at the students as they show up at the home ec classroom after ~~handwave~~ hearing some sort of announcement letting them know to meet here.

"I'm Piper in case some of you might not know," she says somewhat cheerfully, handing each student a syllabus.

She points out the plate of brownies on the counter in front of her. "I made these for you because that is what we will be baking today. Try one if you'd like. I'm told I make the best brownies ever." She smiles proudly. "We will not be making the kind I brought in, though. They have a secret ingredient and, if I told you what it is, I'd have to vanquish you and no one wants that."

Piper grins to let them know she isn't serious about the vanquishing. She hands each student a list of ingredients and instructions. "I'm not going to lecture you because this workshop is supposed to be fun. So we're gonna get started right away. These instructions are, hopefully, easy to follow. If any of you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask."

Equipment Needed

bowl

8x8 baking pan

spatula

mixing spoon

measuring cups

measuring spoons

Ingredients

6 Tablespoons Cocoa

1/4 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 Teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup flour

1 cup toasted pecans (optional)

2 eggs

Instructions

Melt 1/4 cups of butter in a microwaveable dish.

Measure 6 tablespoons of Cocoa powder into the mixing bowl.

Add melted butter and mix.

Add to Batter (1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt).

Mix batter.

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.

Flour the Pan (cover pan with butter, then add some flour to keep brownies from sticking)

Pour the brownie batter into the dish.

Put the brownies into the oven for 35-40 minutes.

Let them cool until slightly warm.

[ooc: Brownie ingredients and instructions are from here.]

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Jude stuck his tongue out - being very mature - and swiped a brownie-covered finger over her nose. "Now you got some too," he chuckled, pouring his own batter and smoothing it down with the spatula. After a moment's consideration, he sprinkled the rest of his pecans on top.

Maia squealed happily and wiped at her nose. She watched him smooth out his batter with the spatula so before she put her own pan into the oven she gave it a slap or two, just to be on the safe side.

"They should turn out ok huh?" Maia said turning on the oven light and staring down at her brown pan. "I mean if we follow the recipe, it will be perfect like the perfect bunt cake..." Maia said trailing off, for a moment Susan's smile flashed before her and she swallowed hard. I miss you

"Perfect bunt cake?" Jude asked, sliding his own pan in and almost burning his hand on the preheated oven. Key word: almost.

Maia felt her face color just a bit. "Oh I found this recipe, in a magazine for the perfect bunt cake. I uh- well after I learn how to cook I want to make it, for Susan..." Maia said with a swallow.

"You ok? You almost burnt your hand there." She said inclining her head.

Jude waved a hand, starting to clean up after himself automatically and checking to see if his tuque was dry yet. "Yeah, bra, I'm totally cool. Who's Susan?"

"A friend of mine, who graduated the week before last." Maia said turning her head for appearances sake to be checking her brownies, but in reality she was blinking back some tears that stung her eyes. "You would have liked her." Maia had almost called Susan her girlfriend but then, they have never called themselves anything like that. Maybe just lover would suffice.

Jude noticed the catch in her voice and the quick turn and almost dropped the vanilla yet again. "Aww, that's rough, bra," he said softly. "Miss her?" Bit of a silly question, really.

"Yeah I do." She said quietly. "But I get to talk to her on the phone so...it makes me just miss her more I think." Maia said with a sad laugh. Swallowing she stood up and turned her Jude, her eyes a little shiny. "So you want to try my brownies when their done?" She asked in an attempt to lighten the mood again.

Jude let the shiny eyes go and favoured her with a grin. "Sure, bra. As long as you try mine, too."

"Of course." Maia said returning his smile.

"Awesome." Jude beamed, and almost knocked the vanilla over with his elbow. He handed the bottle to her. "Here. You hold onto this before it ends up all over me."

Maia laughed and put it up into the cabinet. "There. Now you can't touch it." She said with a nod.

"Thanks, bra," Jude said, continuing to clean up and eyeing the cabinet warily. "It's gonna jump out at me. I just know it."

"I'll catch it before it does." Maia said with a nod. "I've got good reflexes." She said with an assuring nod. "You think they are done?" Maia said taking a paper towel and wiping her portion of the flour up. It sure was fun to sprinkle but damn cleaning it up was a pain.

"Not quite, bra," Jude replied, checking the timer on the oven as he threw out his eggshells and checked his tuque again, which was now nice and toasty from sitting by the oven. It was dry, so he was grinning as he pulled it on.

Maia stuck her face as close to the oven door as she could without burning her nose, "It still looks a little wet." She said watching it with wide eyes. "Do you think I put to much flour in the pan?" Maia said seeing the flour reaching even to the top of the pan where no batter was.

Jude leaned over her shoulder to have a look for himself. "Nah, bra, seems okay to me." He gave her a mellow smile as he stood back. "But then again it isn't on a stick so I don't know how much of an expert I am."

Maia smiled at him over her shoulder and waited for the timer to go off.

Jude amused himself while waiting for the timer by flicking pecan pieces into the air and catching them in his mouth. He was actually pretty good, with only one missing its mark and bouncing off the bridge of his nose.

"These take to long." Maia said in a slight huff after about two minutes. She looked amused at Jude tossing up pecan pieces and caught the one that bounced off his nose. "Drop this?" She said with a wink before tossing it up for him to catch if he wanted to.

Jude grinned and caught it, involving crouching and weaving back and forth a bit. But he caught it anyways and crunched happily, striking a muscleman pose.

Maia gave him a handclap and laughed. She liked Jude, he was fun and didn't seem to get bothered by anything. He was refreshing to say the least.

And after half an hour of entertaining Maia, the brownies were ready. Jude pulled out his pan, twirled a toothpick around his finger dramatically and stabbed it into the brownies.

"Ready!" he announced, pulling it out clean. He popped the toothpick into his mouth and chewed on it, a la ~~Clint Eastwood~~ Ron the Rent-a-cop, impression in place. "Go on, try my brownies. Make my day, punk."

Maia blinked at him and wasn't sure who he was imitating so she squinted her eyes and said "Ok punk. I will." She didn't have a toothpick but she thought she nailed the voice pretty well.

Taking a bite of one of Jude's brownies she grinned. "I like it. Try one of mine." She said, the brownies Maia made were significantly flatter then Jude's and encrusted with flour on the bottom but still they were edible.

Jude tried one of hers. It was pretty good. He'd had a lot worse, so his smile was genuine as he gave her a thumbs-up around a mouthful of chocolately goodness. "Awesome, bra," he mumbled.

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