I've always been a box-mix-brownie kind of a girl. The brownies from a box are so easy and they always come out delicious. When you start fooling around with ingredients and trying to come up a brownie from scratch -- well, you're asking for trouble. From-scratch brownies are okay if you're wanting cake. But if you want a brownie, only the box will do.
You can find brownie mix here in Vienna. But there's only one brand. And forget about options -- double chocolate, chocolate chip, cheesecake brownies -- no way! You're not going to find them. The one brand I've seen looks awfully cakey. I'm pretty sure there's an American flag somewhere on the box, but this isn't the type of brownie you eat in the U.S.
But, don't fret, I have found a recipe I like. And I like it a lot. Best Brownies from (of course) allrecipes.com. These are ooey-gooey chocolaty goodness -- and they're almost as easy as making brownies from a box. I usually double the recipe and bake in a 9x13 pan.
I don't know -- if I had the box mixes available, I might stick with them. But if you ever find yourself someplace that doesn't have box mixes (perhaps your kitchen late Friday night when you have a hankering for some chocolate), you should check out the recipe because you probably have all of the ingredients on hand.
I'm really looking forward to holiday baking -- I have lots of recipes I want to try. So expect to see a lot of food over the next month and a half. And lots of talk about Christmas. Consider yourself warned.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
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I LOVE holiday baking! I find it difficult to find time to make everything I want to, and I would need a much bigger family if I wanted to avoid having mountains of leftovers (even with Steve's legendary sweet tooth). Cookbooks are like crack to me, especially the baking sections. Needless to say, I'm really looking forward to reading your upcoming food blogs.
Those do look good, and I DO have all the ingredients in my kitchen! Thanks for the tip!
Gina - Oh no, I'm feeling the pressure now. The baking may start as early as this week -- depending on how much I have to cook for our Thanksgiving meal.
Lori - Let me know how you like the brownies if you try the recipe. The second time I made them they were really dry, but that's because I only used about half the amount of butter as needed. (I had a problem converting from cups to grams!)
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