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IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:27 PM Mar 2022

How do you like your brownies?

Do you like brownies that are chewy, fudgy or cakey?
Do you like nuts in your brownies or no nuts?
Is there another way you like brownies?

Personally, I like chewy brownies with walnuts. I like a corner piece because I like the edges.

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How do you like your brownies? (Original Post) IrishEyes Mar 2022 OP
Chewy, no nuts, with cream cheese frosting. Funtatlaguy Mar 2022 #1
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! True Dough Mar 2022 #2
Same: chewy, nuts mandatory, corner is best nt intrepidity Mar 2022 #3
Me too TexasBushwhacker Mar 2022 #9
Sorry, not me... cannabis is what's mandatory. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2022 #16
Chewy with walnuts. But I'll eat the just about any style. CentralMass Mar 2022 #4
With lotsa weed in 'em! Blue Owl Mar 2022 #5
Walnuts and cannabutter. femmedem Mar 2022 #6
Chewy, nuts, but no chocolate chips AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2022 #7
Chewy, no nuts happybird Mar 2022 #8
I like brownies any which way! lunatica Mar 2022 #10
I remember brownies from my college days when i would pull twigs out of my mouth mucifer Mar 2022 #11
I like brownies with the edges crispy and the cake moist but not too moist. I can't walkingman Mar 2022 #15
Chewy with nuts... VarryOn Mar 2022 #12
Chewy. Not cakey, not fudgy. With walnuts. Omnommy. n/t TygrBright Mar 2022 #13
Very chewy with raisins. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #14
Chewy edge piece is the best. If I make them with cannabutter, they are even better. :) n/t brewens Mar 2022 #17
Very Chewy jrandom421 Mar 2022 #18
Chewy MOMFUDSKI Mar 2022 #19
I'll take them any way I can get them, but... MANative Mar 2022 #20
The Old School Way... WheelWalker Mar 2022 #21
Chewy with dulce de leche swirled in Nittersing Mar 2022 #22
Saw a tip on TV the other day that says to place Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #23
In my belly! Cracklin Charlie Mar 2022 #24
loaded with pot Skittles Mar 2022 #25
Like them I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #26
A friend and I made Ina Garten's very best brownie recipe beveeheart Mar 2022 #27
Chewy but... Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #28
Slightly underbaked so they are very... 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #29
fudgy wit nuts. Walnuts are best but pecans will do in a pinch. I like the center. nt yellowdogintexas Mar 2022 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Mar 2022 #31
Marijuana delivery system. nt Earth-shine Mar 2022 #32
made with cannabutter jcgoldie Mar 2022 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Emile Mar 2022 #34
I prefer the magic brownies with weed and heartnuts Emile Mar 2022 #35

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,961 posts)
7. Chewy, nuts, but no chocolate chips
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:34 PM
Mar 2022

Chocolate frosting is a plus, but not required. Walnuts are required.

mucifer

(23,466 posts)
11. I remember brownies from my college days when i would pull twigs out of my mouth
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:36 PM
Mar 2022

eating them. No they didn't taste good at all .But, after a half hour you just floated away.

Those were the best brownies!

walkingman

(7,577 posts)
15. I like brownies with the edges crispy and the cake moist but not too moist. I can't
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:46 PM
Mar 2022

eat them with walnuts any more because of my teeth. My DW gets those box brownies for $1 so we eat to many brownies - especially late night......

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
12. Chewy with nuts...
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:43 PM
Mar 2022

But, they are far from my fav dessert. As I tell my wife, anytime someone brings brownies to a potluck, I know they are just getting by. They’re the lazy ass’s dessert.

MOMFUDSKI

(5,411 posts)
19. Chewy
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 07:28 PM
Mar 2022

but crusty on the edges. They make a special brownie pan so all the pieces have edges! Check it out.

WheelWalker

(8,954 posts)
21. The Old School Way...
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 07:34 PM
Mar 2022

Get a box of brownie mix and a lid of shake cleaned of stems and seeds. Prepare brownie mix according to box instructions. Add the oz. of dope to the batter and mix gently. Pour and bake according to box instructions. Do a number while it's baking. Let pan cool briefly and then eat the whole thing.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
23. Saw a tip on TV the other day that says to place
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 07:40 PM
Mar 2022

the hot (metal) pan of brownies in an ice water bath as soon as they come out of the oven. It supposedly intensifies the flavor by consolidating its elements. Just looked it up online, and apparently it IS a thing. Who knew?

https://bakingbites.com/2006/01/cooking-school-perfect-brownies/

"... this brownie recipe, coupled with the magical technique, “won hands down against the same recipe baked in a conventional matter. Not only was the crust crustier and the center creamier, but the flavor was livelier and more chocolatey as well!”

The magical method involves baking the brownies at a high temperature for about 20 minutes, then dunking the pan in an ice bath, which arrests the cooking from the outside in, and very quickly at that. You can, alternatively, shove the pan into your freezer immediately upon removing them from the oven. If your freezer looks anything like mine, you’re probably better off with the ice bath. This method means that you must use a metal baking pan, since a glass one could shatter when you take it from a hot oven and plunge it into freezing water.

This works. The brownies are the best brownies I have ever had, hands down. They are smooth and creamy in the center, without seeming raw or underbaked. They are crisp on the top and firm rather than gooey on the bottom, making them easy to handle. They are rich but neither greasy nor overly dense and fudge-like. I think that they are quite possibly the perfect brownies.

Sounds worth a try.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
26. Like them
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 08:33 PM
Mar 2022

With a big swirl of raspberry jam baked in


Or with cheesecake batter and dark cherries swirled in and baked in.

beveeheart

(1,368 posts)
27. A friend and I made Ina Garten's very best brownie recipe
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 09:58 PM
Mar 2022

a couple of weeks ago. Best ever brownie recipe. It fills a half sheet pan, way too much for just one small family, so we shared. Lots of chocolate and walnuts, not cakey.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/outrageous-brownies-recipe3-1916679

Yum!

3catwoman3

(23,943 posts)
29. Slightly underbaked so they are very...
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 10:28 PM
Mar 2022

…moist, and out of the middle of the pan.

Someone else can have the edges.

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