Cake or Fudge brownies? hehe

[Skippy123]

I am just curious which brownies are your favorite, the cake ones or the fudge ones?

Also which box brand is your favorite or do you make them from scratch?

 

[Clio]

Fudge, all the way! I make them from scratch.

 

[lyra]

Date: 9/17/2009 2:29:42 PM
Author: Clio
Fudge, all the way! I make them from scratch.

Ditto on fudge. Clio, would you mind posting your recipe? I haven''t made brownies in years and years! My mom used to make them from scratch and had a hard icing to match. Unfortunately I never got her recipes.

 

[TooPatient]

Fudge. From scratch. They aren''t too hard to make and turn out so rich and gooey. MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

(and, of course, someone has to sample the chocolate before it goes into the brownies -- just to be sure it is good

)


Now I have this NEED for brownies. I''ll have to make some tonight.

 

[TooPatient]

I modified this recipe from the Scharffenberger website to make it even yummier and a little less cake like. Very rich and gooey and chunky. (If you want them a little lighter and more cake like, just use 2 eggs instead of 3)

Scharffenberger is THE best chocolate out there. (okay, so it is only the 2nd best in the world). It is a little more expensive than others, but it is worth it.

NEW CLASSIC BROWNIES

INGREDIENTS
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter
4 oz. ScharffenBerger 99% Chocolate
1-1/4 cups sugar
1 vanilla bean scraped (or 1tsp. vanilla extract)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flour
3 eggs
2/3 cup chopped toasted pecans (optional)
4 to 6 oz. Scharffenberger 70% (or 72%)

PREPARATIONPreheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Prepare an 8-inch square metal baking pan. It is important in this recipe to only use metal. Line the pan with either aluminum foil or parchment paper so that it comes up all four sides.

If adding pecans, toast them in the oven until golden brown.

Melt the butter together with the 99% chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in a bowl placed above simmering (not boiling) water. Stir to smoothly integrated.

With a wooden spoon or heavy spatula, mix in the sugar, vanilla and salt. Add the eggs one at a time. Mix in the flour. Stir the mixture for at least a minute until the batter is smooth and begins to come away from the sides of the bowl.

Mix in the nuts as the last step before putting the batter in the pan. (For extra chocolaty crunch, you can stir some of the 70% chunks in when you add the nuts)

Sprinkle top of brownies with the 70% (or 72%) chocolate that has been cut into large chunks (about 1/2 inch).

Bake the brownies at 400degrees for 20 minutes or until the batter begins to come away from the sides of the pan.

While the brownies are baking, prepare an ice bath for cooling. Using a roaster pan or a larger baking pan, fill it with cold water and ice cubes. When you remove the brownies from the oven, cool the pan completely in the ice bath. Be careful to not get water on the brownies. (If you had used a pyrex pan, the glass would break at this point and your brownies would be ruined.)

Cut the brownies into 16 squares.

 

[luvthemstrawberries]

Fudge! The ones that come with the yuuuuummy chocolate syrup packet!!!

 

[Clio]

Lyra, I don''t have the recipe at hand right now, but it''s in the Joy of Cooking (I use my grandmother''s 1940s edition, but I bet the brownie recipes haven''t changed much!).

 

[diamondringlover]

Fudge, yum, I dont have a favorite brand, but no matter which one I bake I always throw some chocolate chip in, yum, I am gonna have to make brownies now

 

[AprilBaby]

Fudge! And add peanut better chips for fun! Or mint chips! Or chocolate chips! Or ......

 

[strmrdr]

triple chocolate fudge heated with french vanilla ice cream.

 

[Sha]

YUM....Fudge.....

(mouth watering...)

 

[Elmorton]

Fudge!! I hate when they''re cake-like. They just seem dry to me.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 9/17/2009 10:10:56 PM
Author: Elmorton
Fudge!! I hate when they're cake-like. They just seem dry to me.

I totally agree!



I love the fudge corner brownies; I just love brownies in general and chewy gooey type are the best

Tacori says they sell pans that are all corners! YUM


TooPatient, thanks for the recipe! Clio I have that cookbook I will have to go find it!

Fudge looks like it is winning! hehe

Now I am soooooooo craving brownies now!

 

[vip0802]

Date: 9/17/2009 10:24:33 PM
Author: Skippy123

I love the fudge corner brownies; I just love brownies in general and chewy gooey type are the best

Tacori says they sell pans that are all corners! YUM

they make a pan for lasagna too!! linky

 

[lyra]

Date: 9/17/2009 4:37:15 PM
Author: Clio
Lyra, I don''t have the recipe at hand right now, but it''s in the Joy of Cooking (I use my grandmother''s 1940s edition, but I bet the brownie recipes haven''t changed much!).

Thanks so much for the inspiration Clio. I checked out The Joy of Cooking on amazon, and bought both the 1931 facsimile edition, and the 2006(?) 75th anniversary edition. I think I will give them to myself for Christmas actually! I was thinking how wonderful it must be for you to have your grandmother''s cookbook, what a treasure to have! Can''t wait to see the depression era recipes.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 9/17/2009 9:55:16 PM
Author: strmrdr
triple chocolate fudge heated with french vanilla ice cream.

YUMMMMMMMMM

 

[Dancing Fire]

thanks ladies...

i just put on 3 lbs by reading this thread.

 

[Lynnie]

I have to get me one of those pans!

I love ''em any way... cakey, gooey, fudgy... shoot, fried brownies sound yummie to me right now!

My teeny apt kitchen isn''t too condusive for baking. We like the Ghiradelli box brand. Yummmm. Warm, with vanilla ice cream

 

[soocool]

Waiting patiently for my Betty Crocker dark choclolate fudge brownies to be out of the oven. I have vanilla ice cream, hot fudge sauce and whipped cream ready to be dumped on a big hunk. Unfortunately, I will have to wait until tonight to indulge.

Going to Kohl''s in a liitle bit to spend a lot of bucks. I got the 30% off coupon.

I guess something to celebrate.

 

[Little Monster]

From scratch. Otherwise they''re not worth the calories, in my opinion.

I like brownies that are cakier, but baked so that the middle ones turn out fudgier : )

Then again, my BF will eat anything put in front of him. So much simpler that way.

 

[TooPatient]

I got my chocolate last night. One 9oz. bar 99% Scharffenberger. One 9oz. bar 70% Scharffenberger.

This weekend I WILL make brownies. Unless I get distracted and do the volcano cake instead. It is the ooiest, gooiest cake ever. The very outer edge is chewy and brownie like. The middle part is so light and fluffy that it just melts in your mouth -- no big shock since it is mostly chocolate. And in the very center is this ball of super rich, velvety melty chocolate.
Served warm with a bit of french vanilla bean ice cream and a glass of wine....
MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[Sabine]

My favorite are a box of Hershey''s that has icing!

 

[gwendolyn]

Fudge, and from scratch! Yum yum yum....any pics, Skippy m''dear?

 

[tlh]

FUDGE!

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 9/18/2009 11:37:13 AM
Author: TooPatient
I got my chocolate last night. One 9oz. bar 99% Scharffenberger. One 9oz. bar 70% Scharffenberger.

This weekend I WILL make brownies. Unless I get distracted and do the volcano cake instead. It is the ooiest, gooiest cake ever. The very outer edge is chewy and brownie like. The middle part is so light and fluffy that it just melts in your mouth -- no big shock since it is mostly chocolate. And in the very center is this ball of super rich, velvety melty chocolate.
Served warm with a bit of french vanilla bean ice cream and a glass of wine....
MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.

ooooo, tell us if you do make them and pictures please!!!

I will live vicariously through you

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 9/18/2009 2:34:55 PM
Author: gwendolyn
Fudge, and from scratch! Yum yum yum....any pics, Skippy m'dear?

I should make some but hubby doesn't like brownies, he is a strange one (I love him very much though). lol If I do make them I will eat them all; I will have to make them for an event or something!!!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

I like the fudge type.

 

[ckrickett]

Fudge.... OMG delicious!

 

[partgypsy]

Cake brownies are worthless

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Ok I'm getting a little goofy, time to stop reading Pricescope and toddle off to bed!

 

[pocahontas]

OMG, I'm salivating over here. Fudge all the way

From scratch is definitely best, but truthfully I'd eat the cakey kind if it was given to me. I have rarely met a chocolate anything I didn't like!