Lest You Think Everything Works Out

Monday was my last day at my job. To celebrate, I made my residents some squash bars, using squash I grew myself, and vanilla extract I brewed myself. (As well as flour and eggs from our CSA). And I skipped the sugar in favor of stevia I grew & ground myself.

This was my pilot baking experiment using stevia as a sweetener. I had such high hopes. The internet suggested I substitute 1 tsp. for 1 cup of sugar. Well, there must be a difference between factory-processed pourable stevia and my ground-up leaves, because the resultant bars were not sweet. Not even sweet enough to call themselves squash bread. The only redemption was to slather the top in melted chocolate. My residents politely complimented the bars, but no one wanted seconds. :)