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Pin It Brownies are definitely America's favorite bar cookie. It is hard to believe that they began their life in a Sears, Roebuckand Co. catalog over 100 years ago (1897). Brownies are so named because oftheir dark brown color, not because they contain chocolate. In fact, the firstbrownie recipes didn't even contain chocolate. In Fannie Farmer's'Boston Cooking School Cook Book' the Brownie recipe calls for butter, sugar,Porto Rico molasses, an egg, flour, and pecan meat. So, I think we can safelysay that our Brownie has evolved over the last century. This Brownie recipe does contain chocolate, lots of chocolate, both semi sweet (or bittersweet) chocolate and unsweetened cocoa powder. So it has a deep chocolate flavor with a wonderfully moist texture. They are wonderful plain or I often serve them for dessert with a scoop ofvanilla ice cream. Brownies are made using just one bowl. First the chocolate and butter are melted and then, one by one, you whisk in the rest of the ingredients. Thedeep chocolate flavor of these brownies comes from using semisweet or bittersweet chocolate and unsweetened cocoapowder (either natural or Dutch-processed). As always, the qualityof the chocolate you use will affect the taste of your brownies. So buy the best you canafford. When choosing a chocolate, always buy one that you enjoy eatingout-of-hand. Look for chocolate that has a lovely shiny finish (a sign that thechocolate was cooked at the right temperature for the right amount of time) andone that has that wonderful 'snap' when you break it into pieces.Although thisrecipe calls for adding chocolate chips to the batter, you could substitute nuts(chopped walnuts or pecans) for the chocolatechips or just leave them out altogether. Now, the challenge with allBrownies is how long they should be baked. It is amazing how just a minute ortwo will turn a moist brownie into one that is too dry. So use thestated baking time as a guide only and test the brownies a few minutes beforethe end of the stated baking time. Test with a toothpick inserted into the center ofthe brownies. These brownies are done when the toothpick still has a littlebatter clinging to it and a few moist clumps. You do not want the toothpick tobe clean as this means the brownies have been over baked. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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