I planned to make one recipe, but ended up making what looked like another recipe 
—- still, it turned out delicious, thank heavens, because it was mainly for my friend’s little kid 
Plan was for the chocolate chip bars from BCOTQ Snacking Bakes. Then I thought I’ll combine that recipe with the molasses bars from the same book. In all that, my butter exploded while melting (stupid rookie move) and threw me off, because I was on a clock and had exactly an hour before I had to leave for dinner with whatever baked good for dessert.
So, I used the first recipe, added an egg, messed up the baking soda and baking powder proportions, realized I had messed them up and adjusted, couldn’t find molasses or brown sugar so added some maple syrup, and aaaarrrrgggggh into the oven. It baked up a lot faster than either recipe’s timing, but luckily I always set the timer for 3/4 of the way through to check, and it was probably only a few mins overdone at that point. Put it outside to speed cool in the 40 degree air for 15 mins, then cut up and boxed for travel.
Well, it was delicious. It tasted like a snickerdoodle cake without cinnamon, which was the best possible flavor outcome! The kiddo loved it, and all was well.
(I’ve got some of the cake left with me as I couldn’t fit all of it in the box.)
