My love of brownies began in September of 1970 when my date, Bill Nelson, and I were in a car wreck on our second date. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance with blood all over his gorgeous London Fog pale yellow jacket. I succeeded in getting the stains out of his jacket and shirt!  I visited him with his clean clothes and a plate of chocolate chip cookies. (BTW, the injuries were minor, a few cuts, stitches to the head & a bit of a bruised ego.) That’s when I discovered “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!" I was 19 at the time and already enjoyed baking!  It was time to try my hand at something besides chocolate chip cookies. BROWNIES became my next baking obsession! I found a recipe in 1970 that I have tweaked over the years. They quickly became Bill’s all-time favorite! Needless to say, it was easy to come up with the name, “Billy’s Brownies!" Back then, the secret to the fudgy texture was the addition of a can of chocolate syrup. That recipe card has been gathering dust since my Celiac diagnosis in 2003. Thank goodness Bill loves my Gluten-Free Rich & Fudgy Brownies and I hope you will too!