Tuesday, February 9, 2010

TWD #89: How now brown(ie) cow?

Posted by CB / 4 comments » / Tuesdays With Dorie

I have a bone to pick with this recipe.

This week the Tuesdays with Dorie bakers are doing the brownie thing hosted by Tanya of Chocolate Chic. (You can find the recipe on her blog.) With a blog name like that, are we really surprised that she picked chocolate brownies? I didn’t think so. It’s kinda like Mary of Food Librarian and bundt cakes. I’d bet money on it. HA! Although I am sad that the White Chocolate Brownies have yet AGAIN gone unpicked. What’s up with that?? *pout stomp pout*

Needless to say… I HAD ISSUES! Blame it on my lack of sleep (Just FYI, I do not recommend chaperoning 50 sixteen year olds for 3 days as cure for insomniacs) or my inability to read recipes but I totally missed the part about only adding half the sugar+egg mixture to the chocolate mixture. Then whipping the leftover sugar+egg mixture and folding into the chocolate mixture. Oh and… I didn’t melt the bittersweet chocolate with the unsweetened chocolate in the first step. You can imagine my expletive F&%*$# when I noticed the bittersweet chunks in my kitchen scale after I had already poured the batter into the Pyrex pan to bake. *smacks head* Last minute I decided to just to fold the bittersweet chocolate into the batter. One final vent sil vous plait? I half the recipe, baked in a 9x6x2 Pyrex and it took 35 minutes to bake. I realize they are suppose to be the “soft gooey” type but after 20 minutes it still looked like raw batter in the middle. Was it just me?

You’ll notice there are no pictures for this one. At least any pictures I wasn’t embarrassed to post. Ok maybe just one. Be kind. I’m fragile right now. If you look close you can see the bittersweet chocolate chips that sunk to the bottom. I hate when last second improvised plans don’t pan out. Get it? Pan! Brownies are baked in a pan. HA HA! Puns are epic. (Epic seems to be the “cool” word among 16 year olds these days.) The taste was ok but nothing spectacular like some TWD bakers described with their brownies. Blog humbug!

What I learned this week:
Baking is just something you can’t rush. If you are baking under pressure of a baking group deadline but you’d rather be sleeping… just don’t. Nothing good can come of it. Except maybe Hubs doing all the dishes b/c he felt sorry for you crying over soupy bland brownie batter.

Next week: My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies page 68 <-- I’m hoping to redeem myself with this one.

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4 Responses to “TWD #89: How now brown(ie) cow?”

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    Bridget — February 9, 2010 @ 9:39 am

    Aw, that sucks. I’m sure we’ve all been there at one time or another! And hey, at least they were still little squares of chocolate, right?

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    food librarian — February 9, 2010 @ 1:22 pm

    You need to rename your blog I Heart White Chocolate Brownies. Yes, I’m pretty predictable. And your brownies look good! I don’t know how you handled 50 sixteen year olds though… – mary

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    Teanna — February 9, 2010 @ 5:10 pm

    Are you kidding! They look great! I would have eaten them! Sometimes, recipes get the best of us… and you still made it look great! I’m really pulling for those white chocolate brownies as well ;)

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    Mike — February 9, 2010 @ 5:28 pm

    Re: your blog comment,

    http://www.recipezaar.com/Chewy-Nutella-Cookies-314562

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