Brownies

[cjsmith]

No sooner did the kitchen get cleaned up than I had to go make it dirty again.

I chose to pitch pie number two, which is exactly the kind of thing that happens during futzing with a recipe, but still it never feels good to actually do it. (Pie number one is significantly depleted and won't last much longer.)

So I am assuaging my poor sad little feelings with a recipe I know never disappoints (and which needs absolutely no futzing whatsoever): Alice Medrich's "Bittersweet Brownies". MAN THOSE ARE GOOD.

Oh @#$!. The version of the recipe I just found online is noticeably different from the one in the book. FUTZING ALERT! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! ...I think I can avoid it though. Looking at the ratios, the one in the book -- the one I've done so many times the book has a crease -- looks to me like it'd come out better.

Danger averted.

Brownies imminent.

Comments

[nosrednayduj]

I'm a philistine when it comes to brownies. I just make the ones off the back of the box of Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate. I put in a cup of oatmeal instead of nuts, because I don't like nuts, but this gives it texture that nut-lovers like, and fiber to boot! I'm always pretending my cookies are good for you because I often use WW flour.

I made my chocolate chip cookies this evening. Yum. Been fussing with this recipe for about 20 years. Well, OK, I haven't changed it in about 5. But, you know? None of the batches has been BAD :-) Just some not as perfect as others.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

If you've fussed with a chocolate chip recipe for that long, you might enjoy this book. The author did the same. It's a very enjoyable read. Her "perfect" may not be the same as yours or mine, of course, but it's great to see someone else does this stuff!

[layer.livejournal.com]

i love the substituting oatmeal for nuts idea! i'm allergic to most nuts and have been trying to come up with a viable alternative. thanks!