Stacey Makes It

So I was experimenting with another recipe from  The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book .  It ended up tasty enough that I was asked for the recipe. These brownies ended up fudgy in the middle with a kind of crunchy shell on top. I ended up with this: Stacey's Fudgy Brownie with Crunchy Shell Ingredients 4 oz semi-sweet 62% Scharffen Berger chocolate 2 oz unsweetened 99% Scharffen Berger chocolate 8 tbs (1 stick) unsalted organic butter 1/3c unsweetened cocoa powder, organic (Dagoba) 1 1/2c granulated sugar, organic 3 eggs, organic 2 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 tsp salt 1c flour, organic 3/4c milk chocolate chips (Guittard) 9x9" baking pan Adjust oven rack to higher middle position and preheat to 350F.  Line a 9x9" baking pan with foil and grease it - leave enough foil on the edges so that you can use it to lift the brownies out later.  I used olive oil, but you can use butter or any other type of oil you like. Put the chocolate (not the chi...

My friend asked me to make something St. Patrick's Dayish for today even though St. Patrick's Day was Saturday. Stacey's Bailey's Brownies Ingredients: 1 stick unsalted butter, organic 2 oz unsweetened 99% chocolate, Scharffen-Berger 1c sugar, organic 1/3c brown sugar, organic 2 eggs 1/4c Bailey's Irish Creme Liqueur 2/3c unbleached white flour, organic 1 tbs whole wheat flour, organic (you can use regular flour) 1/4c cocoa powder, organic, Dagoba 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/3c semisweet chocolate chips, Guittard Stacey's Bailey's Ganache Ingredients: 3/4c mix of 64% dark / 38% milk Guittard couverture chocolate Organic Heavy Cream (enough to cover the chocolate in a measuring cup - probably 1/3c?) 1/4c Bailey's Irish Creme Liqueur 9x9" baking pan or cake pan, lined with foil and buttered Preheat oven to 350F.  Melt the butter and unsweetened chocolate together.  Then add the sugars, eggs and 1/4c liqueur.  Mix the d...

So, one of my boyfriend's co-workers "can't eat anything that comes from a cow," meaning no milk products.  I'd think that would mean no dairy, but he can eat eggs.  Anyway, he likes brownies and I thought I'd try and come up with a brownie recipe. Stacey's Cow-Free Brownie Ingredients: 1/4c coconut oil, organic 3/4c cooking oil 3 eggs, organic 1 oz 99% unsweetened chocolate (Scharffen-Berger) 2 tsp vanilla bean paste 2c sugar, organic 1c unbleached white flour, organic 2/3c unsweetened cocoa powder, organic (Dagoba) 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking powder 1c semi-sweet chocolate chips (make sure there are no milk products in here) Preheat the oven to 350F. Melt the coconut oil in the microwave with the unsweetened chocolate.  Add the cooking oil and mix.  Add the eggs and vanilla bean paste and whisk with a fork. Then mix in the sugar. I wish I mixed all the rest of the dry ingredients separately and then put it in, but I didn't - I threw ...

My boyfriend's sisters invited us over for dinner last week, so I wanted to bring a yummy dessert over.  Usually I make a 9x13" tray of brownies to bring to work, but this was a much smaller audience so I opted for the 8x8" and scaled back my usual brownie recipes.  I've been working on brownie recipes for a long time, and I still haven't quite found one that I'm in love with.  This one was decent, but I think I would have liked to cook it a bit longer for next time. Stacey's Mint Brownie Ingredients : 1 stick butter, organic, salted 3 oz 99% unsweetened Guittard chocolate 1c dark brown sugar, organic 1c white sugar, organic 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla bean paste 1 tsp peppermint extract 1/2c whole wheat flour, organic 2 tbs Scharffen Berger cocoa powder 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbs cornstarch 1/3c Guittard semisweet chocolate chips Stacey's Creme de Menthe Frosting Ingredient s 3 tbs heavy cream, organic 2 tsp Creme de Menthe liqueur 1.5c powdered ...