I posted these pics yesterday on my other blog, and got the brownie bug. So this week's Chocolate Friday is all about brownies.
Being a lazy git (and also rather impatient when it comes to getting my chocolate fix), I usually just go for a boxed mix of some kind, and I'm pretty childlike about it. Unfussy. Visual. Meaning that when I shop, I look at the pictures on the box, and I let my "little girl" pick what looks good. I do usually go for the fudgy rather than cakey, prefering moist and chewy to dry.
I've tried all kinds of mixes and they're really all about the same. I add nuts sometimes, and sometimes chocolate chips. Occasionally I mix some cream cheese into the batter.
If you're one of those folx who likes to cook from scratch, here are some brownie recipes I found online that you might want to try:
Chocolate and Guinness Brownies - yes, Guinness. This recipe calls for 1 1/4 C. Guinness stout. Now, that's unusual.
BCCY's Near Perfect Brownies - where baking good brownies is serious stuff!
Bite-size Chocolate Almond Brownies - from Jacques Torres and MrChocolate.com . Almond paste! This could almost tempt me to bake from scratch.
Healthy Fudgy Brownies - if you really MUST be health-conscious.
Three recipes from Now You're Cooking:
Peanut Butter Brownies
Cherry Brownies w/ Chocolate Cherry Icing
Espresso Brownies - uses coffee liqueur (yum), but also uses powdered instant coffee, not actual espresso. Ick.
Is your mouse waddling yet?
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