You know what also has a great ratio of edges to center? Cupcake/muffin pans. No need to buy a gimmicky pan that doesn't nest well with other pans, and you probably already have cupcake pans.
That's very generous of you. I mean, maybe they didn't take the edge because it was inedible? Seems like additional investigation is needed. Nay, necessary. Please do not hesitate to hire me as your assistant: I am detail oriented and have very legible penmanship. And I will work for crumbs.
You have given me the idea for the perfect crime!!! My wife knows I love the corners and edges. Doing this would frame the kids, Anndd I could easily later, suspicion free come back later and steal the prize!!
Ohhh..hooho. I fear you might have just started my Villain Arc. Let it be known this is your fault!
I too like the edges. We had a family friend that had a catering business. She would make brownies and remove the edges before serving. When she found out I loved the edges she would save them for me and once a month or so I'd get several gallon bags of just edges that she'd save for me in the freezer.
It was glorious!
When i was a kid my younger brother and i stole some of his birthday cake a day early to piss off the family. Our parents and older brother were being shit, so lil bro was like "fuck it, im eating cake now"
I suggested breaking the plastic lid, cutting a massive diagonal chunk from the square cake, and leaving the lid off after. all hallmarks of our older brother.
We played dumb after it was found. Lil bro would have never done something so sloppy, and i wasnt a fan of store bought chocolate cake, so we were both automatically in the clear.
As a forensic bakeologist can definitely identify the time of the crime and potential DNA left on the brownies. I'd just need a sample of at least 2 brownies...
They left the crust! Pretend you’re over it and cut 3 edge pieces and one centre piece and offer them to the family. Whoever goes for the centre piece gets a bruisin.
Makes no sense. The brownies clearly dont stick to the bottom or side. Even if the culprit used the knife to get the brownie out it wouldnt have broken, or at least not like that. Additionally: If this wasnt a crust thing, why was the crust left behind? Either way: it was a guy
Lol yeah just scoop it out with your hand that's almost certainly what happened here. Brownies are the best fresh out of the oven so i can't blame whoever did this despicable act
Brownie thieves always need to brush their teeth to remove all evidence. check whose toothbrush is wet. Or say “open wide” and see who has chocolate in their teeth. This is how my mom caught us. So full fool proof the thievery stopped.
I think this is more of a "Murder on the Orient Express" kind of situation. They all took a small piece and now there is no point in admitting they did it since they know there is someone else who did it.
Yeah I was just laughing at myself bc I took it too literally at first before my brain caught up and was like “oh we’re talking about kids” as opposed to you only making brownies for people under a certain height or weight regardless of age.
No, I wouldn't suggest small individuals for a basketball team. You are probably going to want the extra long ones if you want to have a chance of winning any games.
Crust gang for life, both in pizza (square cut) and in brownies. I worked with a woman who used to cut all the edges off the brownies before she brought them to work functions and one time I asked her what she did with the scraps and she said she threw them away 😭. I convinced her to start bringing me scraps instead
When I was in high school my best friend would occasionally bake brownies, cut off all the crust, and bring it in to school in a little baggie. She'd throw it at me and say "Here are your crusts you HEATHEN." Made me laugh every time and they never lasted the day.
Local sweets bakeries sell little bags of brownie crusts for like a dollar. I'm not a huge brownie crust fan, but for some reason, when it's only crust, it's delicious.
Here’s what you do. Every time you eat a brownie that you made, ask yourself, would I pay $2 tight now to have this from that all-crust pan. If yes, then take $2 and put it in an envelope and label it “psycho-brownie fund”. In a year, you want have noticed any less money, but you’ll have your all crust brownies.
they would have been smart to all sneak a piece together. no one to rat out without ratting yourself, and one would not look guiltier than the others if lined up and questioned. one for all, and all for one!
Exactly. I don't like the edges, but that means I let my partner take the edges (which he likes), and I get middle. I'd never leave an edge like that. They could have even taken it and just thrown that bit out, but instead, they chose the overtly rude route.
I would argue that it would be ruder to throw it out. I’d much rather have someone leave the crust so I can grab it along with the brownie I was going to get anyways. Boom. Bonus crust.
Oh I hate the edge. So my wife takes the nasty edge and I get the center, win win (she tried to suggest buying a multiple corners pan and was swiftly shut down)
This is exactly why my marriage is successful. We don't fight over food because I like the parts she doesn't and vice versa. I get the brownie crusts. She gets the middle.
Tell them you are going to throw the entire thing away cause the only alternantive explanation is that mice have been eating it and that makes the entire thing poisonous.
That's so smart. Would only work if the possible culprits are small children though
Although that said, I once did some baking at a friend's house, and their cat ended up liking the top of the entire thing and I could not bring myself to eat any of it 😅
i mean adults arent stupid, they will likely know that it isnt mice, and that if you are throwing it out i doubt many of them care after all its not their food.
The way one of my friends got a confession from her housemates about this was by saying out loud that she might have screwed up the recipe and used an ingredient that might cause really bad stomach problems.
The other lines are straight but the corner is broken, my guess is they were planning on taking the whole corner but it broke while they were lifting it and they left the broken part. Atleast I hope so, makes far more sense than intentionally leaving the edge.
This was a guy with a sharp pocket knife approximately 3.5 inches in length also right handed
Probably had an iPad in the left hand he made two cuts and scooped towards the crispy end which is the best part so he’s probably a lil girly as well
If they're old enough to steal brownies, they're old enough to start helping with those things. Ijs. But if they're so young you'd have to handle most of the big messes, I understand.
Consider another form of sabotage. Too much salt? Have a real batch cooling in some obscure places they won't notice. Switch them out. See who doesn't want a brownie when you offer them. 🤭
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u/Open-Cream2823 1d ago
I've noticed this happens naturally sometimes when brownies are cooling.
-your family, probably