“Now we’ll have to wash our hands and break another egg,” sighed Rosemary.
“It’s your turn again,” said Veve quickly. “I had mine.”
While Connie and Veve hovered near to offer moral support, Connie broke the egg and dropped it safely into the cookie mixture. As she was stirring it in, Miss Gordon returned to the kitchen.
“How are we coming?” she asked gaily.
Veve told her about the accident, but the Brownie leader only laughed.
“Grandmother Gordon has lots of eggs and won’t mind losing one,” she said. “Now let’s add the melted chocolate.”
With Miss Gordon there to watch, it was easy to finish up the brownie mixture. Veve and Rosemary added melted chocolate, salt and vanilla. Then Connie dumped in all the chopped nuts, after making certain there were no shells.
“Yum! Yum! It looks delicious!” she declared. “How long must we wait for it to bake, Miss Gordon?”
“About twenty minutes at moderate oven temperature.”
“What’s a moderate oven?” asked Rosemary, who never had heard the term.