Wednesday, April 13, 2011

bbe! (best brownies ever!)



I am a stress eater. Whenever anything stressful shows up in my life I instantly respond by shovelling large amounts of food into my small sturdy frame. Recently I had a blondie bar and two kinds of cake all in the course of four hours. Yes I’m that girl quietly eating her second piece of cake in the corner or pockets a cookie for later. It’s taken awhile to accept that I will never stress myself thin. There is comfort in the crackle of a chocolate wrapper or the sweet wafting smell of freshly baked choco chip cookies. So when Japan was hit with the earthquake and tsunami I instantly responded to the call for help by organizing bake sale.
Obviously I wanted to raise money for a good cause, but I also didn’t want to be the last baked good standing. My dad has instilled a competitive nature in me. In order to do that I had to call out the big guns. Having recently just purchased Baked: New Frontiers in Baking I decided to go ahead with the brownie that has made them famous. This dense, deep, rich, decadent treat requires a lot from its baker. Real chocolate, cocoa powder, instant espresso powder, a boat-load of eggs not to mention butter. It’s worth it.  Even a co-worker came up to me later and me that “they really are the best brownies ever!”
I still dream of them and recently during a time of upheaval and stress I thought about them but didn’t haven enough chocolate or eggs and had to settle for quicky rice crispy squares which brings me to my next post. Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito I think I love you….

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