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The brownies I was baking Saturday for a church dinner ended up in the trash. It’s all Sheldon Russell’s fault!

I’ve been making brownies (from a mix) since I was in my teens. My husband used to say he decided to propose after eating my brownies. But these were very over-baked. The only person I can recall who might have appreciated them was my father. He enjoyed crumbling up hard, stale cake or cornbread, dropping it in a glass of milk and eating it with a spoon.

The reason I assign blame to Sheldon Russell is because I was engrossed in his newest book, “A Forgotten Evil.” His publishers sent...