They are. I'm more of a chef than a baker so I wanted to get the opinion of someone I trust to be honest. I could ask Spock but I'm not sure if, "They are adequate as brownies" is what I'm looking for.

[It was the truth, if not all of it. He respected her too much to entirely deceive her but cared about her too much to not use a bit of subterfuge to get himself through the door. Plus, she seemed like she could maybe use some comfort food right now, assuming that she liked brownies. Almost everyone liked brownies, didn't they?]

If you're busy I can come back later but really they're best when served relatively fresh. Plus I'm not sure how much the rest of the crew will appreciate me walking up and down the ship making it smell like brownies but they can't have any.

So if you think about it, it would be for the good of me and the crew if you hand some.

[He couldn't help but smile at that. La'an didn't need any further reasoning to try the brownies than the fact that he'd asked but Pike couldn't help but tease her just a bit.]