Eeewwwwww!

I remember as a child loving to cook when my Mom was gone. You see, she never saw the mess and I could do as I wanted. Win-win situation. Well, we are off to the next generation. While I was in town last week, Chrissy and Erin wanted to make brownies. NO problem. Chrissy has made them oodles of times. I got to taste the brownies when I got home. They were awful! They looked funny - but hey, I can handle some mistakes - but they were BAD! As I was inquiring what might have happened, I discovered that Erin used powdered vanilla instead of powdered sugar to dust on top. That was yucky. Then I asked Chrissy about the recipe and the amounts and such. We discovered that instead of 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda - she put in 1/4 CUP! Can we say gross? I couldn't even choke them down! Needless to say, we tried again the next day with great success.