Even though I don't love chocolate, I made brownies Sunday morning. Each month I look forward to "The Last Touch," the final column in Gourmet. This month (June) it featured four brownie recipes. Actually, the first, Coconut Blondies, is perfectly my speed, my taste. And someday I'll make that recipe for certain, but it's not what tugged at my apron strings Saturday afternoon as I browsed magazines on my back porch and ate strawberries straight out of the pint container.
Peanut Brittle Brownies. Yeah. It's deceptively simple. You make your brownie batter, pour it into your pan, and bake for 25 minutes. Pop open oven door, pull out rack, and sprinkle peanut brittle crumbles on top. Shove rack back in, close door, and bake another 5 minutes. Viola! You have yummy brownies.
By the time Ian arrived home Sunday morning, they had cooled enough to cut. Ian suggested that I cut and keep aside all the corner pieces for him. We are so compatible when it comes to baked goods. He likes the corner pieces, while I prefer the inside pieces that have absolutely no hard crusty edges.
Sigh, isn't it great when relationships work out like that? The only thing we usually fight over are black olives when we get that large shared salad at Olive Garden. Have to equally distribute the olives between us.
The brownie was yummy. I used 4 ounces of Ghirardelli chocolate morsels I bought ages ago with Laura at Sam's. First time I opened its bag, actually, and was glad to have it. No doubt the Ghirardelli quality infused those brownies with an undeniably rich chocolate flavor.
I packaged up most of the brownies and as we made our Sunday rounds, I dropped off a half a dozen or so at my mom's house and and Ian's parent's house. It's best to share brownies, any sweets, really, so that those who are tempted and cannot control themselves do not have so much a temptation to overcome.
um, YUM! Sounds delish! (and sounds like something Bubba would die for - he's all about the chocolate/peanut thing when it comes to desserts...)
He and I have the perfect compatibility when it comes to pizza: he likes the points, I like the edges. It's all good.
Speaking of edges: you need to get this pan for Ian: http://fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=2962&cat=316
(it's even less expensive over at amazon.com!)
Posted by: lla | Monday, 19 May 2008 at 04:05 PM
Mmmm...I must confess...biscuits with honey on are the BEST breakfast on the earth. i think I'll have to track down this cookbook and make them - they look great!
Posted by: Geosomin | Tuesday, 27 May 2008 at 01:51 PM