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Never cooked brownies. I've made a few cakes from scratch but never brownies.

Any tips would be appreciated too.

 

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I'm tagging this so i can check it later LOL

I LOVE to bake, but I have yet to find the "awesome" Brownie recipe.

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Do you like them Chewy or Cake like?

 

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Brownies

3/4 cup shortening
4 squares (4 oz.) unsweetened chocolate
1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
1 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Melt: shortening and chocolate together in top of double boiler. Remove from heat.

Add: sugars, eggs and vanilla, mix well.

Spoon: flour into dry measuring cup. Level off and pour into bowl.

Add: baking powder and salt to flour. Stir well to blend.

Add: dry ingredients and nuts to chocolate mixture. Mix well.

Spread: in well greased 9 x 13 inch oblong pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Cool in pan.

Frost with 1/2 batch of chocolate butter cream frosting if desired. Yield 4 dozen.

 

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Subject: Anybody have a good brownie recipe?
GriffinShadowfeather posted:
Do you like them Chewy or Cake like?
I like mine gooey. I've actually never found a better recipe than Duncan Hines Milk Chocolate Chunk, so I don't make mine from scratch.

 

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Lynea posted:
GriffinShadowfeather posted:
Do you like them Chewy or Cake like?
I like mine gooey. I've actually never found a better recipe than Duncan Hines Milk Chocolate Chunk, so I don't make mine from scratch.

chewy and gooey.

 

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Gooey Brownies

SERVES 18 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

* 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
* 3 cups white sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 5 eggs
* 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 lb nuts, chopped (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F butter 9x13 pan.

In a saucepan over medium heat melt the butter. Stir in the sugar until dissolved. Remove mixture from heat and

beat in the eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition.

Stir in the vanilla.

Sift the flour, cocoa and salt together.

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, mixing until combined.

Stir in the nuts.(optional)

Spread the batter into the prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30-40 minutes. Do not overbake!

 

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Mine is actually pretty similar to qwikks. I think I just dust it with Confectioners sugar at the end.

 

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GriffinShadowfeather posted:
Mine is actually pretty similar to qwikks. I think I just dust it with Confectioners sugar at the end.


that always makes a nice touch grin

 

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qwikk posted:
GriffinShadowfeather posted:
Mine is actually pretty similar to qwikks. I think I just dust it with Confectioners sugar at the end.


that always makes a nice touch grin

Isn't that kinda like throwing gasoline on a fire?

 

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Subject: Anybody have a good brownie recipe?
Mine's pretty much like quikk's too.

Sometimes I'll throw different flavored chocolate chips in (not too many because you don't want the flavor to be overpowering)

The key is definitely do not overbake.

 

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I hate to say it, but I use the box. They've got some pretty good ones. Not worth the effort to do by scratch imo.

 

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Subject: Anybody have a good brownie recipe?
I make mine from scratch from an old kids cookbook my grandmother got me when I was 6 or 7. I'll have to find it so I can post the recipe. They are THE BEST brownies I've ever had and go even better with gooey chocolate frosting on top. grin

 

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You're going to have to prove it to me Sapph. Feel free to mail me some. grin

 

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Subject: Anybody have a good brownie recipe?
Lynea posted:
GriffinShadowfeather posted:
Do you like them Chewy or Cake like?
I like mine gooey. I've actually never found a better recipe than Duncan Hines Milk Chocolate Chunk, so I don't make mine from scratch.



LOL Same.

 

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I've tried a variety over the years from scratch - nothing to me beats the Ghirardelli variety out of the box.

 

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Subject: Anybody have a good brownie recipe?
ok I dug out the book. It's from 1979! wow I feel old! LOL anyway, here is the one I use:


Chocolate Brownies

3/4 cup butter or margarine
2 squares (2 oz) unsweetened chocolate
1 1/3 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup to 1 cup walnuts (optional)



preheat to 350
melt butter and chocolate on low in a saucepan until melted. remove from burner.

stir in sugar and eggs, 1 egg at a time.


in small bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. stir into chocolate mixture in saucepan. add nuts scrape into a greased 13x9x2 pan and spread with rubber scraper.

bake 25-30 min

Chocolate Butter Frosting recipe:

3 tbl butter or margarine softened
2 1/3 cups sifted powedered sugar
milk
3/4 tsp vanilla
1 square unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled


with a mixer, mix 3 tablespoons butter or margine until fluffy. add about 1/2 of sugar mixture, beating on low speed.

beat in 1 tablespoon milk and the vanilla. slowly add rest of sugar while beating on low speed. add cooled chocholate. beat in more milk if needed to make it smoother.

 

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Not one person said to put any "special ingredients" in.

Surprising.

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Sapphyrez posted:
ok I dug out the book. It's from 1979! wow I feel old! LOL anyway, here is the one I use:


Chocolate Brownies

3/4 cup butter or margarine
2 squares (2 oz) unsweetened chocolate
1 1/3 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup to 1 cup walnuts (optional)



preheat to 350
melt butter and chocolate on low in a saucepan until melted. remove from burner.

stir in sugar and eggs, 1 egg at a time.


in small bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. stir into chocolate mixture in saucepan. add nuts scrape into a greased 13x9x2 pan and spread with rubber scraper.

bake 25-30 min

Chocolate Butter Frosting recipe:

3 tbl butter or margarine softened
2 1/3 cups sifted powedered sugar
milk
3/4 tsp vanilla
1 square unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled


with a mixer, mix 3 tablespoons butter or margine until fluffy. add about 1/2 of sugar mixture, beating on low speed.

beat in 1 tablespoon milk and the vanilla. slowly add rest of sugar while beating on low speed. add cooled chocholate. beat in more milk if needed to make it smoother.



Thanks! I love old recipe books. My favorite is one made in 1952, it has instructions on building a food cellar and larding a roast.

 

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Thanks! I love old recipe books. My favorite is one made in 1952, it has instructions on building a food cellar and larding a roast.




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6 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips



In a glass or metal bowl, set over a pan of barely simmering water melt the bittersweet chocolate and the unsweetened chocolate with the butter, stirring until the mixture is smooth, remove the bowl from the heat, and let the mixture cool until it is lukewarm. Stir in the sugar and the vanilla and add the eggs, 1 at a time, stirring well after each addition. Stir in the salt and the flour, stirring until the mixture is just combined, and stir in the chocolate chips.

Pour the batter into a well-buttered and floured 13 by 9-inch baking pan, smooth the top, and bake the mixture in the middle of a preheated 350 degrees F. oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a tester comes out with crumbs adhering to it. Let the mixture cool completely in the pan on a rack and cut it into bars.

 

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