[Sca-cooks] Re: [Sca-cooks]Dessert Competitiondocumentation

[Stefan li Rous]

Lainie posted her brownie recipe:
> Geez, now I have to remember how...
>
> 2 sticks butter (1 cup)
> 1 bag quality chocolate chips (I like Ghirardelli's Double Chocolate)
> 1 cup dutched cocoa
> 2 cups sugar
> 1 cup flour
> 4 eggs
> 1/2 t. vanilla (optional)
> 1/2 t. salt
>
> Preheat oven to 350
>
> Melt the butter in a small saucepan over med.low. Dump in Half of the bag
> of chocolate chips, set aside the other half. Beat the chips until they are
> melted. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the butter/chips goo and the
> sugar. Then beat in the eggs, one at a time. Batter will get really thick
> and creamy. Then add teh sugar, salt, and vanilla. Give it a stir or two
> and then dump in the rest of the chips. Beat until there's no more flour
> poking up anywhere. Spread the dough into a well greased (I like to line
> mine with foil and then grease that) 9x13 cake pan. Make sure the dough is
> evenly spread. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. You'll have to do the
> fingerprint-springs-back test, and watch for the corners getting dry.
> Toothpick test won't work- the chips will give you false results. WAIT
> UNTIL THEY ARE COOL BEFORE YOU CUT THEM! They are a gooey, gummy mass
> otherwise.

Interesting. When I went to file away this recipe, I found one more
brownie recipe in my file. Also from Lainie.

Similar but a little different. :-)

Anyway, I've pasted it below.

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> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:46:50 -0800 (PST)
> From: Laura C Minnick <lainie at gladstone.uoregon.edu>
> Subject: Re: SC - Royal declared chocolate period (was: serrated knife
> blades)
>
> Hello the list!
>
> BY REQUEST- (so don't yell at me!)
>
> Aunty 'Lainie's Double-Chocolate Death Brownies
>
> 1 cup butter
> 2 cup sugar
> 1 tsp. vanilla
> 4 eggs
> 1 cup dutch-style baking cocoa
> 1 cup flour
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 12 oz. bag of chocolate chips
>
> Put sugar and cocoa in large mixing bowl, set aside. Melt butter in small
> pan, till melted. Stir in half the bag of ch. chips, until melted. Dump
> the chocolatey butter into the bowl of sugar and cocoa, mix well. Beat in
> the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla and salt. Add the flour, and then
> add the other half of the chips. Fold in, then pour batter into a greased
> 9X13 baking pan (I line mine with foil). Bake @ 350 degreees for about 30
> minutes. If you want them extra decadent, you can make these additions-
>
> more chips
> flavored chips
> nuts (pecans are especially good in these)
>
> and extra decadent- a 5th egg. A real artery-buster, but ooohhhh! Call me
> Meg Ryan, but they are....oohhh!...
>
> These have paid scutage many times, ransomed the Queen, bartered camp
> labor, kept Weight Watchers in business...
>
> Have Fun!
> 'Lainie
> - -
> Laura C. Minnick
> University of Oregon
> Department of English