In case you are new to the blog, check out weeks one and two of the year of baking.
For week three, I went back to the Flour cookbook. I was having a major chocolate craving, you know the girl kind, TMI oh well.
I was immediately struck by the Intense Chocolate Brownie recipe.
If you read the description in the book Chang talks about finding the right balance between dry brownies and thick dense brownies. I have to say, I have made my fair share of brownies. Box mix and from scratch, and these so far are my absolute favorites.
She got the balance perfectly, although a part of the baking (as with any baking recipe) is knowing your oven. When a time is given you want to make sure you know if your oven cooks fast or slow. Mine cooks a bit slower (so far) and so I checked the brownies at 5 minute intervals to make sure that they were not going to be overdone.
I waited not so patiently for the brownies to cool, and Nick, B and I dug in.
These will be my go-to brownies for a long time to come. They were nice and chewy, but not too fudge, and they were not dry. Perfection. Even B loved them.
So far this has been my favorite recipe of the year of baking, and no that’s not the PMS talking.
What’s your favorite brownie recipe?
I am linking up with Jenn of Peas & Crayons for this wonderful WIAW
sharing and then MAKING
Awesome! Sharing goes best with a child
they love brownies.
Wow, those look great!
Thanks! They were so delicious I had to trash them so I didn’t eat a whole pan.
It’s hard to beat homemade brownies! Mmmm!
They really are the best!
These look yummy. I tried to bake a vegan brownie for the superbowl this weekend and it turned out horrible. Sometimes you just gotta make them just like mom would!
Oh no! Why was it horrible?
Oh, that looks delicious! Love that pic of your little guy.
Thanks, Laura!
You know, I can’t even remember the last brownie I ate. But of course now I want one!
Of course, I actually haven’t had them for awhile – I do find they are usually to dry. It is wonderful & bad that this recipe is in my house.
Ohhhh yes, I LOVE brownies and the fact that you call these “intense” definitely perked my ears up. I love chocolate. so yeah, that would be perfect. The photo of your little boy is so cute too, he seems to be enjoying that brownie too!
They are perfect
and we definitely had to cut him off. Kid loves chocolate.