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How to Make “French” Brownies

This photograph is but a peek into the irretrievable past. How so? Because I’ve eaten all these already. Don’t judge me. I might even make them again this weekend. I’ll start by preheating my oven to 300 and preparing a baking pan as in the previous brownie recipe. Then I’ll combine my dry ingredients in […]

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Posted on 08/14/0902/21/15Categories Brownies, Desserts & Cookies, French14 Comments
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“French” Brownie Recipe

Dorie Greenspan calls these her “French” brownies, not just because she invented them while living in Paris, but because her point of departure was French fondant (which on that side of the pond is a kind of cake). All that is beside the point to me, as I consider this recipe to be the highest […]

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Posted on 08/14/0902/21/15Categories Brownies, Desserts & Cookies, French7 Comments
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Classic Brownies

Yes, pretty much all old-school brownie recipes had nuts in them. If you don’t like nuts, just hang on, I’ll put up a recipe without them. These are about as moist a brownie as I like. Some recipes have so little flour in them, they might as well be fudge. Not being a fudge person, […]

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Posted on 08/13/0902/21/15Categories Brownies, Classic, Desserts & Cookies8 Comments
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Brownies: The Classic Recipe

Here’s a recipe for brownies that’s not so far off from early brownie recipes, save for the fact that it has a good deal more chocolate. I confess I mostly swiped it from Dorie Greenspan, but if you’re going to steal, why not steal from the best? The woman is deeply serious about brownies. Her […]

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Posted on 08/11/0902/21/15Categories Brownies, Classic, Desserts & Cookies4 Comments
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