Waiting For Referral Brownies

From another family's blog in North Carolina. This blog caught my eye because the 60 year old Mom jumped from an air plane with an instructor. The phrase was, " We can't believe you did it Mom." "This is the first time in the 7 months that we have logged in that I am just sooo sad. It is likely to be another 7 months before we meet Sophie....if not longer. This process can be so defeating. Someone posted this on the March DTC board. I thought it might help. Maybe I'll make these with Hannah, it might help us both feel better.
Referral Wait Brownies
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 milk (like our hopes of having our babies home before Christmas)
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)
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 babypowder...)
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,
1-2T. cocoa,
2 tsp. milk."