This week is Best Ever Brownies. I was very excited to make this recipe – it seemed easy and I love Brownies. Everything went smoothly. I made a switch on the chocolate to use what I had on hand – I used 2 oz of unsweetened chocolate and 4 oz of bittersweet chocolate. After reading the comments on the P & Q, I decided to use a metal baking pan instead of glass so that they would bake faster.
I put the brownies in the oven and put on some music… while I was enjoying Stacy’s Mom by Fountains of Wayne, I didn’t hear my buzzer go off. I’m not sure how long they baked, but it was definitely too long. They weren’t burned, just dry-ish. My test kitchen staff (kid 1 and kid 2) did NOT like them. I thought that they were ok but probably would have been better if I had tended to my baking time better. I am planning on freezing them and serving them at Thanksgiving as an alternative to pie. I will make sure to offer a beverage with them to help them go down! If you want to see how they should have been done and to get a copy of the recipe, check out Monica’s work on A Beautiful Mess.
Dry and crumbly, yum? 
Up next-
December 4, 2012 – Gingerbread Baby Cakes on pages 247-248
December 18, 2012 – Finnish Pulla on page 106
Links to the recipe and other bakers work can be found here:
Brownies are tricky when it comes to baking time. You can make crumbs with them and sprinkle on top of ice cream, I bet the kitchen testers will eat them. Have a great week!
As Paula says, even dry brownies are good with ice cream! At least the chocolate-y flavor is still there! And they still look pretty good too!
Oh boo… I know my mom would’ve loved them! She’s a cakey-type person. I agree with the above. Try ‘em with a big scoop of vanilla!
Funny thing so many said they were gooey and underbaked … I made them into little brownie bites and they baked perfect! Blessings, Catherine http://www.praycookblog.com
Funny how easily one can get distracted in the kitchen…just this morning I let water run all over my kitchen counter!!
I think adding these brownies to ice cream is a great way to eat them! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Oh no! A dollop of ice cream or whipping cream would help moisten them up a bit!
Cakey rather than fudgey works just fine. I baked mine a tad longer and they were still ooey in the middle.