Dangerous brownies

[MissEllie]

Just want to start by saying I'm not a great baker but I really outdid my rubbish baking today.
Thought I'd try a new brownie recipe with the girls (7 & 3), all went well until it told me to bake it for 45 minutes and I believed it. It came out like a paving slab but the kids managed to chew they way through most of it.


On the bright side though my 11 year old now has a tooth to put under his pillow tonight!

[p.penn]

Oooops!

Although I do a lot of baking, I have never made brownies - mainly because the ingredients are so pricey. They are on my 'to do' list though, but I think I will use my recipe, not yours.

[LisaB]

Oh dear!

I can recommend the Jamie Oliver brownies though, expensive, sickly, but amazing!

[Lillia]

Just want to start by saying I'm not a great baker but I really outdid my rubbish baking today.
Thought I'd try a new brownie recipe with the girls (7 & 3), all went well until it told me to bake it for 45 minutes and I believed it. It came out like a paving slab but the kids managed to chew they way through most of it.


On the bright side though my 11 year old now has a tooth to put under his pillow tonight!

Oh, MissEllie

[Bollybarb]

a friend of mine makes her's in the microwave and they are always that lovely moist dense texture, we are still waiting for her to share the recipe

[Essex Bird]

someone made me some years ago, cant remember much after that, I think they had hidden ingredients

[mrs boodles]

I use a Mary Berry recipe, it`s cheap and you just bung it all in a nd mix it. I also have a recipe for irish cream brownies but havent made them for agaes.
mary berry one works every time.
Miss Ellie, whats the going price nowadays for a tooth under the pillow?

[Americanlady]

Hey Essex, you didn't say if they were good or not.

[MissEllie]

Mrs Boodles - he's getting £1 from the tooth fairy it costs a fortune with 4 kids!
Will need to go back to my original recipe, I don't know what I was thinking - 45 minutes!!

[manda]

Oh dear Ellie.... ...sorry....

[Essex Bird]

Hey Essex, you didn't say if they were good or not.

I remember thinking everyone was weird in how they painstakingly devided the tray up evenly so that each would have the same, I ate mine, quite yummy and then I think I passed out

[albertajune]

At least the girls ate them.They were probably alright if you sucked them a bit first.
Am I the only person who doesn't like brownies? I hate any chocolate that is of a soft texture. Even chocolate ice cream.

[rhubarb93]

Oh Dear! A lot of recipes give too long cooking time - they should still be wobbly when you take them out (but I suppose it's a bit late for advice now!)
There's a lovely-looking recipe in the Times this weekend, for an orange and ginger brownie. Am tempted to try, I am not so keen on brownies with nuts in.

[Americanlady]

Essex, I think one of my friends (many years ago) had a similar recipe. There were a lot of such recipes going around back then!!! LOL

[Benny&Co]

Aww Ellie

I'm like you with baking too, no matter how hard I try sometimes things just don't seem to work out

I did a chocolate fudge cake last week, took me ages and not to mention expense but it just didn't taste right