Whole Wheat Band Bake Sale Brownies

I ran into a fellow band booster at the high school Saturday and her question to me as I headed home with a very tired Josiah in tow cracked me up:  “Why are you leaving? Don’t you live here?”  Yeah, that about sums it up.

I try not to whine too much (or too loudly). Forgive me if it seems like I complain about band season.  I truly love band seeing the band at games and practices and watching the birds begin to fly south while I’m at the band field and running back and forth from the band fields to drop off bake sale goods and coming home from games to scarf down a quick meal so that we can head back to the band field again or packing food so we can eat during half time…

I’m serious.  Supporting Fulton sports teams and participating in the games with Hannah Rose is so stinking much fun!  I can’t stay away and if Fulton has away games, I try as hard as I can to watch the games on the TV sports hoping to catch a glimpse of her on the field. I’m so proud of her and her devotion to her fellow band members. Even if their new uniforms look like something from Star Trek.  

But yes, August through the end of October is just a little bit hectic for us.  I was actually trying to finish the Clean Office project I’m working on by November.  I’m pretty sure that is not going to happen.

So today, I’d like to give a little shout out to God.  We’re heading toward the end of September - and I’m still standing.  How about that?!  Through umpteen jars of apple butter, dozens of band games, countless bake sales and missing band socks - I am surviving. Better than that, I’m loving’ it. 

In honor of the Bake Sale I’m sharing my favorite brownie recipe:

Whole Wheat Brownie Recipe

Ingredients
3/4 cup cocoa
3/4 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 to 4 eggs
1/2 t. cinnamon
2 t. vanilla
1 cup whole wheat flour 

Directions  Preheat oven to 350F  Melt butter and stir in cocoa. In a bowl mix together sugar salt flour. Add butter/cocoa. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Mix until all ingredients are blended. Pour into greased 9 inch cake pan. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the sides of the brownie just start to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool, then cut.