Baking Fail

I love to bake, and generally I'm pretty good at it. My mom was never much of a cook, but the woman can bake and she always let me help. I grew to love the oven and making delicious treats.

Last night, I failed EPICALLY for possibly the first time in my baking career. I like to lighten things up while baking, because eating all the great things I can make is not good for anyone's waistline, and I tried to make brownies in a different way. I've heard that a can of black beans can be used instead of eggs and oil in brownies (much like a can of Diet Coke or a can of pure pumpkin can be used instead for cakes), so I tried it. But instead of looking up just how to use the black beans in the recipe, I just poured the can into the brownie mix and threw it in the oven. It was only later when the brownies seemed a bit chuncky that I realized I probably did it wrong. And I did. I was supposed to puree the beans first, then add the paste-ish beans to the mix. Oops. Instead we have what look like chocolate chip brownies, but actually taste exactly like beans.

I ditched the brownies for pumpkin bread that came out too sweet. Where was my head last night? Too busy listening to Christmas music and finishing Save the Dates I guess...