This weeks assignment was to make brownies. The recipe can be found on page 331 of Baking With Julia
When I make brownies I like them to be easy, and maybe only use one bowl. I never bake from a mix, but when it comes to brownies, I like them easy. And dense. And incredibly chocolately. These were not easy, nor dense.
This recipe used no less than 3 bowls plus a fine-mesh strainer that I use for sifting. One bowl for the flour, one bowl to melt the chocolate in, and one bowl to mix up the eggs and sugar.
I melted the chocolate and butter in a bowl set atop a pot with some water in it.
It melted and then I added some sugar and took it off the heat
Then I whisked together the eggs and sugar and whisked half of that into the chocolate
Then I whisked the remaining eggs and sugar until they doubled in volume and folded them into the chocolate
And then I folded in the flour. I licked the bowl
And finally they went into the oven
And I brought them to my bunco group on Monday night. Nobody complained, but everybody knew that I’ve done better
I probably won’t be making these again any time soon. But, check out our host for the week, a Beautiful Mess, it looks like she got the beautiful, fudgy brownies I was looking for, she’s got the recipe posted on her site. Also, take a look at our leave your link page to see how other people did it.
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I agree, I like brownies to be easy too…..and they really should be. The whole egg and sugar thing baffled me the way it was written. I thought the brownies had a good flavour, but didn’t care for the gooey texture. I prefer my Baked Brownies.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that was confused by this recipe. Confused and Brownies are words that don’t belong in the same sentence, right?
So many of the recipes in this book have turned out to be “fussy.” I almost took a picture of all the dishes this one made! But I thought the end result was a nice balance — not too rich, not to wet (since I way overbaked them). Not to “over the top,” which was a pleasant relief from most brownie recipes I’ve tried. But then again, if I liked chocolate more I think I could have been disappointed.
I dot mind ‘fussy’ I just want the results to be worth it
I also agree that brownies should be easy! And simple. I dirtied more dishes with this recipe than I did while making dinner that night. I liked these brownies, but I’m not sure if I’d want to make them again, unless someone requested them for a special event or something. Even then, I think I can do better!
MIne were cake-like too! I followed the recipe exactly- I think I overbaked them. I am going to try them again since so many people had theirs come out gooey and nice.
mmm i love brownies! But I love my homemade brownie recipes to be SO easy! Thankfully I have a go-to recipe that is a pinch. Your brownie batter looks divine though. 🙂
I think the batter was better than the baked-up version. I have others that I like much more
Yeah not the best. I’ll stick with my favorite brownie recipe I make every year.
EASY is good. But so were these brownies. I misread and put all the sugar in the chocolate. Still good!!
Fudgy brownies are good and easy is better 🙂