Here's what I'm doing to deal with the increasing referral timeframes. It involves eating myself into a chocolate-induced stupor. Anyone care to join me???
Referral Wait Brownies (Formerly Cherry Brownies ala Debbie Vida)
Bring to boil in saucepan:
2/3 c. shortening (what we wish the wait times were doing)
5 T cocoa (in honor of the coveted brown envelope)
1/2 c. evaporated (like our hopes of having our babies home before Christmas) milk
2 c. sugar (how sweet it will be to finally see a picture of our little ones!)
Mix in a bowl:
4 eggs, beaten (what the next person who asks how long till referral will be :o) )
1 t. salt (in our wounds to hear that only 9 days of dossiers were matched this month)
2 t. vanilla (or cherry juice-a touch of red for good luck)
1 c. flour (for our little cherry blossoms waiting for us in China)
1/2 t. baking powder (I know, we'd rather be working with baby powder...)
1 c. nuts (because that's where we are all headed if we don't start getting some good news!)
Add saucepan mixture to bowl and mix thoroughly. Pour into ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cool, frost, and top with halved maraschino cherries (pretend they're ladybugs and consider it your sighting for the day!)
Frosting: 3C powdered sugar, 1/3 c. butter, 1 t. cherry juice, 1-2 T. cocoa, 2 tsp. milk
Picture coming soon. Enjoy!
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Brownies sound like just what I need right now (if I can't have Ava).
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