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Here is a recipe that will MAKE you celebrate the brownie!

Attention! This recipe is the absolute best homemade brownie you will ever put in your mouth! So celebrate the chocolate brownie!

By the way, December 8th is the "official" National Chocolate Brownie Day in the US! As if one needed an excuse to make brownies!

Why do we love brownies? Because they are made with chocolate? Because there are so many great mixes that are easy to make? Who knows the real answer? Who really cares why we love this delectable treat?

Almost everyone I know has a favorite scratch recipe or mix that they swear by. Those same cooks also have a secret ingredient or trick that they use to make their "award-winning" chocolate brownie. (My secret for box brownies is to throw in a handful of chocolate chips!)

I have assembled here a collection of articles and websites that have fantastic brownie recipes to tempt you away from the box mix you currently use. I am also including my favorite scratch recipe for brownies. I found it in the August 2009 Southern Living Magazine. After I made the recipe from Southern Living Magazine that I am sharing with you below, I decided that I will no longer buy a mix--unless I must. Sometimes one just needs to use a mix when the pantry is lacking in ingredients. However, I must say that it was extremely easy to make the scratch brownie recipe I am sharing.

Enjoy them all! And DO make some brownies on other days besides December 8th!

Also, go express your opinion about whether the brownie can be a "cookie". Keep on scrolling.



(all images are mine unless otherwise noted)

My New Favorite Homemade Chocolate Brownie Recipe:

This "So Good" brownie recipe is from Southern Living Magazine August 2009

Sorry the picture is so "non-professional", but I must give all the credit for this gooey delightful brownie to SL magazine! That is why I took the picture!

"So Good Brownies" Recipe (from Southern Living Magazine August 2009)

Printable Recipe is found below, just keep scrolling down.

Hint: use a plastic knife (the kind that comes with take-out food) to cut the slightly warm brownies with no mess!.




So Good Brownies!

4 (1 oz)unsweetened chocolate baking squares (I used Ghiradelli)
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottom and sides of an 8-inch pan with aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides; spray foil with Pam.
2. Microwave chocolate and butter in a large micro-safe bowl or measuring cup at High 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until melted and smooth stirring at 30-second intervals. Impt! to do this step. Whisk in granulated and brown sugars. Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking just until blended after each addition. Whisk in flour, vanilla and salt. (NOTE: you might need to switch to a spoon when adding the flour).
3. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 44 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbles. Cool completely on a wire rack (sure!) Lift brownies from pan, using foil sides as handles. Gently remove foil and cut brownies into sixteen squares.
(recipe from Southern Living Magazine August 2009)

Printable Brownie Recipe

find the "print" button near the bottom of the recipe

Printable Version

Definition Duel: Is a Brownie a "Bar Cookie" or not?

Get out your plastic knives for this brownie battle!

Could the brownie be considered a "bar cookie"? What about just a "cookie"?

Is the brownie a "cookie"?

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Yep!

Nope!

Abbs says:

no way! It's it own yummy and unique self, it's own perfectly, melt in your mouth, choclatey self!

Posted November 30, 2011

Mickie_G says:

Never a cookie should a brownie be!

Posted August 30, 2011

OldStones says:

I say a brownie is most definitely not a cookie or even a bar cookie. A brownie is dense gooey wonderful cake in my opinion mmmm.

Posted August 28, 2011

 

Images of my fudgey "scratch" brownie!

Click on the small images to make this "melt in your mouth" brownie larger!

The top of this perfect brownie is thin and crunchy.
The magazine page. Note the stains on the page; my two year old grandson "helped" me make this recipe on his birthday.
The Southern Living Issue where I found the recipe. I will not take the credit for making it up.
If I had a pedestal, I would have put this brownie on it!

Find more Brownie Recipes!

Check out these recipe blogs --

My favorite box mix is the Ghiradelli Brownie Mix. If you have not tried it, Costco has a giant box of six bags of this wonderful chocolate treat. Or you can buy it at you grocery. It is worth the cost.

Noshtalgia: A Peppermint Twist?
This is a new twist on brownies. I had never thought of using peppermint candy in my basic brownie recipe.
Fast and Easy Recipe: Cream Cheese Chocolate Brownie
A great Fast and Easy recipe idea for a luscious brownie.
Peanut-Butter Fudge Icing for Chocolate Brownies
The Southern Plate Blog has come up with a winner here!

Find Another Perfect Brownie Recipe on these lenses:

This chocolate list is hand-made from scratch by me! I do not mind sharing the spotlight with other lensmasters here on Squidoo. I am not the only excellent brownie baker in the world.

I highly recommend the Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies on the lens "Kicked Up Brownies Mix Recipes". I used the cream cheese with a Ghiradelli mix for a bake sale and they FLEW off the table.

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Blogging for Brownies!

The brownie is one of the most popular recipes on the web. I will prove it by letting Google find your the most delightful recipes on blogs.
Sweet treats for sweethearts
The percentage indicates the balance between chocolate flavour and sweetness. The higher the percentage, the more bitter the chocolate. For most baking, I use a chocolate with about 58 per cent cocoa content. The fudgy chocolate brownies here are all ...
Chocolate Festival rings up support for handbell choir
By LINDA N. WELLER ALTON - The happiest people in town Sunday afternoon seemed to be those sampling decadent, decorated chocolate brownies, dense devil's food cake, chocolate-covered strawberries, cookies and other sweet treats.
Hundreds attend Chocolate on the Levee fundraiser
She had plenty to choose from, including raisin-nut clusters, peanut clusters, red velvet cupcakes, no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies, brownies - with and without nuts - canolis, toffee and chocolate chip pound cake, to name but a few of the treats ...
Make Valentine's Day Special with Homemade Chocolate Brownie Truffles
Just combine 6 ounces of non-fat vanilla yogurt with the brownie mix until thoroughly moistened ? it will be thick. Then bake in a greased 8-inch pan in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 25 minutes. 12 to 16 ounces of dark or milk chocolate wafers ...
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Ingredients that you might need to make the Southern Living Brownies:

I also used unsalted butter. This you cannot get fresh from Amazon. I also use Eggland's Best Eggs.

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Tools you might need to make chocolate brownies:

The most important tool you must have is a plastic knife! The kind of plastic knife that comes with "take-out" meals or that you can get at a fast food restaurant! Why? It is the best knife to cut brownies! No sticking. No crumbles. Honest. Works really well when the brownies are warm. So go ahead and enjoy those freshly made brownies--now!
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Southern Living Magazine!

Wonderful recipes and so much more.

I get SL every month. I constantly use their gardening ideas. Their travel ideas are always top notch and sometimes they have really great deals!

However, I must say that one does NOT need to live in the south to appreciate and use this beautiful magazine.

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Even if you do not like chocolate or brownies you are invited to leave a comment!

Thanks in advance for visiting my chocolate brownie lens (that is what an article on Squidoo is called)!

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