Q: What is more American than apple pie?
A: Brownies.
I got this brownie recipe courtesy of Buns in My Oven, a cooking blog with great recipes and even better photos—is the photo above not the most flattering picture of a brownie you’ve ever seen?
Like the writer of that blog, I was never too keen on homemade brownies. They tend to end up cakey, dry, thin, or full of nuts (if you ask me, nothing destroys that perfect chewy brownie texture like nuts—blech!). I’ve always preferred brownies from a box. I was a teenage expert at brownie-from-the-box making before I even knew how to operate an egg beater. You open the plastic bag, dump the powder in the bowl, throw in the egg and the oil, stir, toss the pan in the oven, lick the bowl clean while you wait, and 35 minutes later you and a friend each grab a fork . . . and the ensuing magic can only be imagined.
Until now, with the discovery of a homemade brownie that is EVEN BETTER than the box! These brownies take the cake. Literally, they take the cake, step on it, and throw it out the window.
Look again at the picture. See that sparkle, the glistening moisture, like fertile soil after a rain? That is pure black gold. I can now state with confidence that brownies are the best desserts ever in the history of baking.
Fudge Brownies
A: Brownies.
I got this brownie recipe courtesy of Buns in My Oven, a cooking blog with great recipes and even better photos—is the photo above not the most flattering picture of a brownie you’ve ever seen?
Like the writer of that blog, I was never too keen on homemade brownies. They tend to end up cakey, dry, thin, or full of nuts (if you ask me, nothing destroys that perfect chewy brownie texture like nuts—blech!). I’ve always preferred brownies from a box. I was a teenage expert at brownie-from-the-box making before I even knew how to operate an egg beater. You open the plastic bag, dump the powder in the bowl, throw in the egg and the oil, stir, toss the pan in the oven, lick the bowl clean while you wait, and 35 minutes later you and a friend each grab a fork . . . and the ensuing magic can only be imagined.Until now, with the discovery of a homemade brownie that is EVEN BETTER than the box! These brownies take the cake. Literally, they take the cake, step on it, and throw it out the window.
Look again at the picture. See that sparkle, the glistening moisture, like fertile soil after a rain? That is pure black gold. I can now state with confidence that brownies are the best desserts ever in the history of baking.
Fudge Brownies
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/4 cups cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1.Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9×13 baking dish.
2. In small saucepan over low heat, melt butter completely. Stir in sugar and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not allow sugar mixture to boil.
3. Pour butter mixture into a large bowl or stand mixer, beat in cocoa powder, eggs, salt, baking powder, espresso powder, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
4. Stir in the flour and chocolate chips until well combined.
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes, until a tester comes out mostly clean. The edges should be set and the center should still look slightly moist, but not uncooked. Cool on a wire rack.
2 1/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/4 cups cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1.Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9×13 baking dish.
2. In small saucepan over low heat, melt butter completely. Stir in sugar and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not allow sugar mixture to boil.
3. Pour butter mixture into a large bowl or stand mixer, beat in cocoa powder, eggs, salt, baking powder, espresso powder, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
4. Stir in the flour and chocolate chips until well combined.
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes, until a tester comes out mostly clean. The edges should be set and the center should still look slightly moist, but not uncooked. Cool on a wire rack.
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Le Brownie, un dessert américain
Question: Quel est le meilleur dessert dans le monde?
Réponse : Le brownie.
Question : Où se trouve ce brownie ?
Réponse : Aux Etats-Unis.
Il se n’arrive pas souvent que les pâtisseries françaises soient vaincues par un dessert rival. Mais le brownie l’a fait. C’est un dessert pour ceux qui aiment le chocolat, pour ceux qui n’aiment pas le chocolat, même pour ceux qui n’aiment pas le dessert. Ce n’est pas forcement un dessert ; ça se mange à n’importe quelle heure.
Comme une petite fille américaine, j’ai grandi avec les brownies. Avant que j’aie connu la différence entre l’huile d’olive et l’huile végétale je faisais des brownies.
Ce n’est pas un gâteau, ce n’est pas la pate d’un gâteau, c’est quelque chose entre les deux. On dirait le mélange parfait.
Ce n’est pas un gâteau, ce n’est pas la pate d’un gâteau, c’est quelque chose entre les deux. On dirait le mélange parfait.
Allez, je m’arrête de baver—goutez les vous-mêmes !
Fudge Brownies
Fudge Brownies
225 g de beurre
510 g de sucre
4 œufs
160 g de cacao en poudre
une cuillère à café de sel
une cuillère à café de levure chimique
un sachet de sucre vanille
165 g de farine
200 g de pépites de chocolat
1. Préchauffer le four à 180°C. Beurrez un moule carré d'environ 20 cm de côté.
2. Faire fondre le beurre et le sucre ensemble.
3. Mélanger le reste des ingrédients entre eux. Rajouter à ce mélange le mélange beurre et chocolat fondu.
4. Verser dans le moule et faire cuire au four 30 minutes.
510 g de sucre
4 œufs
160 g de cacao en poudre
une cuillère à café de sel
une cuillère à café de levure chimique
un sachet de sucre vanille
165 g de farine
200 g de pépites de chocolat
1. Préchauffer le four à 180°C. Beurrez un moule carré d'environ 20 cm de côté.
2. Faire fondre le beurre et le sucre ensemble.
3. Mélanger le reste des ingrédients entre eux. Rajouter à ce mélange le mélange beurre et chocolat fondu.
4. Verser dans le moule et faire cuire au four 30 minutes.
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