My parents were visiting us from India, and we thought of taking a small road trip and weekend off at Bellingham and Fairhaven. They are both such charming cities and close from Seattle, the drive by the Chuckanut Bay is extremely scenic. Our agenda for the weekend was to visit local café’s check out boutique art shops and walk around the delightful downtown of the Historic District of Fairhaven.

These brownies are like the person everyone wants to hangout with and talk to at a party. Believe me you need this recipe in your life. This is a one bowl recipe and it’s so easy to make. These brownies never fail and the dolce de leche adds the gooey layer we all crave in a brownie. The caramel like dolce de leche along with chocolate is a great combination, and you will find yourself craving for more.

I currently live in Seattle and snow is not common enough out here. It usually is a little dusting or an inch or two of snow once or twice in a year. When Seattle does get snow, the city tends to shut down or operate at low capacity, even more than cities that get far more inches of snow. The reason behind this is that Seattle, is filled with hills so the temperatures remain low and near freezing, so the snow melts but then freezes overnight, making roads slick, icy and dangerous. We get a maximum of 3-5 days of snow in the winter that settles on the ground.

I have vivid memories of my mother making baking bread at home when we were young. I recall it to be such a lengthy and laborious process. But that is not WHY I remember it. My mom used fresh yeast back then to make bread and to activate the yeast there was a lot of kneading and beating of the dough required, that is where she involved us, my sister and me.