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Please make sure crowave or double boiler and not that you check your in- direct heat to melt it. hibitions and calorie 7. Bake your brownies in the counting conscious at the door. If center of the oven. This allows for your belt buckle has been loosen the best circulation of air. and your taste buds are tingling 8. Be as accurate as you can on you are ready to experience the the timing. A few minutes either ultimate in eating enjoyment. way can make the difference be- A good brownie is a thing of tween a gooey mess, a rock hard beauty. And beauty, as we all disaster and a perfect brownie. know, is truly in the eyes (and 9. Grease or line the pan with mouth) of the beholder. A brown- parchment paper. It makes for a ie can be chocolate or not, plain much easier removal. or frosted, with nuts or without. 10. Let the brownies cool to However, which ever type you room temperature before remov- prefer you can be guaranteed that ing and cutting. They will fall within 15 minutes of taking them apart unless they have had time out of the oven they'll be gone. to set up. Everyone loves to make brown- ies; they're easy, take very little EILEEN'S FAVORITE time and clean up is usually a BROWNIES ounces semi-sweet chocolate snap. Novice cooks, however, of- 8 1/2 cup unsalted butter ten think that it's just a matter 2 large eggs, at room of throwing a few ingredients into temperature a bowl, beating it a few times, 1/4 teaspoon salt pouring it in a pan and baking it 2/3 cup sugar for 20 minutes or so. WRONG!!! 1 teaspoon vanilla cup unsifted flour Even though a brownie is easy to 1 1/4 to 1 1/4 cup finely chopped make, you need to take just as walnuts much care as if you were creat- ing the most intricate of desserts. Measuring, mixing, pan size and baking time all play an im- portant part in the making of the brownie. Rather than throw a whole lot of techni- cal terms at you about flour to liquid c=.=:*;;; ■ ratio and rising agents I decid- ed to compile a quick list of "Brownie Basics" to help you on Pre heat oven to 375. Melt to- the road to brownie baking per- gether the chocolate and butter. fection. Beat with a wooden spoon until 1. Make sure you're using the smooth. Let cool to room tem- right size pan for the recipe. If the perature. In an electric mixer, recipe calls for an 8X8 or 9X9 or beat the eggs until they are thick 9X13 don't substitute if at all pos- and light in color. Add salt, and sible. Pan size has a direct effect gradually add sugar while beat- on the texture and thickness of a ing. Continue beating for about brownie. 8 minutes or until the consisten- 2. Pre heat the oven. If the cy of soft peaked whipped cream. brownie goes into a cool oven it Beat in vanilla. Remove the mix- won't rise enough. ing bowl, with the egg mixture in 3. Sift flour if the recipe calls it, from the mixer stand. Pour the for it. Brownie recipes are very cooled chocolate mixture around sensitive to the amount of flour. the circumference of the eggs and Too much or too little will effect gently fold it in. Fold in flour. Fold the out come. in nuts. 4. Butter and margarine are Grease of line 8X8 pan. Bake NOT interchangeable. You can in the center of the oven for about use either in most recipes but the 30 minutes or until a tooth pick taste will be noticeably different. comes out barely moist. Cool in Butter and margarine both have pan for at least 1 hour (I usual- a higher liquid content than sol- ly make these in the morning and id shortening and cannot be sub- let them set for at least 5 hours). stituted for it. These taste best at room tem- 5. Use large eggs, they are the perature. These freeze well and size that work best with most taste great with a chocolate frost- recipes. ing. Makes 16 to 20 bars. 6. 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