The bake

I wanted something sweet the other day (I pretty much always want something sweet, tbh), but I was also feeling lazy. I wanted to bake something that was easy and fast and that I could make with the ingredients I already had on hand. Smitten Kitchen to the rescue! These blondies are done in 45 minutes–from the time you start to when you take the pan out of the oven–and requires just a few, basic ingredients. It’s perfect for when you get that spontaneous urge to bake (or eat) something.

You can customize this recipe, too. I’ve made these blondies before, and I once added crushed-up pretzels and chocolate, which turned out beautifully. I didn’t have any pretzels this time and had to make do with what I had in the cupboards. This meant I didn’t get any kind of interesting combo and added only chocolate chips. (That’s not a bad thing, though, if you like chocolate as much as I do.)

The book

I’m reading Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear by Matthew Salesses, which I first heard about through The Millions. It’s a quirky book about a man named Matt who increasingly feels like he is becoming invisible. And then he finds out he has a doppelgänger who is supposedly better than him in basically every way. Matt learns this after meeting his girlfriend’s doppelgänger, who happens to have been dating Matt’s doppelgänger. But now Matt’s doppelgänger has disappeared. It’s a weird and smart novel and I am enjoying it.