I'm here to report on this week's TWD selection, the Honey Nut Brownies chosen by Suzy! I didn't really know what to expect from this recipe.
First there was the melting of chocolate. I used a Lindt bar (my standby), but then added some bittersweet chips to get the full four ounces. This melted up quickly.
Then there was making the batter. I used a mixed-flower honey in my batter.
After folding in dry stuff and chocolate, I added walnuts, which are my fave nuts for brownies. Then batter to pan. I thought the batter was kinda thin for brownies. There was a lot of it too.
Into the oven, and this is where complications arose: it took a full HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES for my brownies to bake in a 9" metal pan. They came out perfect without tenting--no hard edges or squidgy center--but really, 75 minutes is just unacceptable for a small pan of brownies.
The brownies' thin batter resulted in a very cakey texture. The chocolate...well, there's a reason Dorie suggests adding chocolate frosting. There's not much chocolate flavor in there. What there is is a lot of sugar flavor. A LOT OF SUGAR FLAVOR. I nearly went into shock at my desk.
Verdict: I tried eating these for days before finally decided 1/2 way through the pan that I just didn't really like them. I need my brownies less wishy washy about their identity, I guess. And I ABOMINATES icing on brownies, so I don't like covering them with it to give them an identity. Oh well, can't love 'em all, and I am glad I tried them.
6 comments:
I baked mine 70 minutes and the centre was still pretty wet. I did like the flavour though.
Yeah, I agree about the flavor of them. Mine hung around for a couple of days and no one was eating them. So, that was that. But, at least we tried them!
I baked mine for 65 minutes (I think) and I still don't think I baked them enough. I agree that these had an unusualy flavor. My husband (who ate most of them) kept asking what was in them since they tasted different! I guess I am also more of a pure brownie fan.
I'm with you... they just weren't too different for my taste. Yours look great, though! :)
I baked mine 4 ever..there OK...I wasn't thrilled....they look great !!
Thanks for joining in. Sorry you didn't like them.
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