Pete's (not Peet's) Coffee Brownies

Baked 1.10.09 (along with these apple muffins again...original recipe here)

This is the third recipe I've tried from Pete's blog. So far they've all come out good (and well).

I was really worried about these brownies because I was making them for someone I sorta wanted to impress (not a boy), and a few of the comments on Pete's post were bad (they tried and failed). Mine came out just fine though! Thank goodness. They're pretty easy...except the melting & cooling the baking chocolate took awhile (I got impatient and cooled it in the freezer & refrigerator). Oh--and the edges are fantastic. Recipe below.

Oops...forgot to take an AFTER picture again. Here's the BEFORE (so light in color!):

COFFEE BROWNIES RECIPE (original here):

1 cup butter (softened)
2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate (melted and cooled)
1 cup flour
1/2 cup chocolate chips
2-3 Tbsp instant coffee * I used a little bit more than 2 tablespoons

1. In a large bowl, blend together the butter & sugar
2. Add vanilla, eggs, melted chocolate, coffee, flour, & chocolate chips
3. Pour into a greased and floured 9×13-inch pan
4. Bake at 325 degrees F for 35 minutes (I had to bake them for extra long because they seemed too gooey/raw)

Fat Witch Bakery's Pumpkin Witches (Brownies)

Found this recipe a couple of hours before the party I attended last week. Freaked out because I didn't have time to pick up brownie mix (the original plan was to bake brownie mix + pumpkin puree like this), and I had a hard time finding a recipe requiring only ingredients that I had. I was trying to find choc pumpkin brownies, but these ended up being just pumpkin brownies w/ choc chips. Also freaked out because the batter barely reached the edges of this jelly roll pan (thought I had surely done something wrong at this point) and because I had accidentally doubled the amount of chocolate chips. Turned out fine though...people liked these a lot. To me...I don't know--I'm biased against the things I make; I usually think they're not that great (even if it's not my recipe--I just know I can easily screw things up). Anyway, apparently Fat Witch Bakery sells these in New York. I'd describe them as cookies trying to be muffins. Or cakey scones. Or muffin tops. Or heavy/dense cake. They're not chewy like chewy brownies at all though...so if you want that, try another recipe (scroll down for this recipe).







RECIPE (Original recipe here; I only changed the choc chips amount):

12/3 cup flour
1⁄4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1⁄2 tbs cinnamon
1⁄4 tsp nutmeg
1/3 cup butter (room temperature) *It wasn't quite room temp, but I recommend following instructions so you don't have lumpy & hard-to-mix butter*
1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tbs vanilla
1⁄2 cup water
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg & set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, mix butter, sugar, and vanilla.
4. Beat in eggs.
5. Stir in pumpkin.
6. Fold in dry ingredients.
7. Add chocolate chips.
8. Pour into 10×15 jelly roll pan and bake 25-35 minutes.**
9. Let cool 45 minutes and cut into two-inch pieces.

**I ended up baking mine for 25-ish minutes. I'd make these again!

Easy Brownies

Baked these for Nick over the summer, but of course I ate one to make sure it didn't taste awful. I thought it was good, and this recipe was really easy.

Original recipe here (I just excluded the walnuts; see below for recipe).

I love the top part...and the edges! Speaking of brownie edges, I got my cousin a brownie edge pan like this one earlier this year, and she said it works really well.


Recipe from Recipezaar:

• 2/3 cup butter
• 4 unsweetened chocolate squares
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flour, less 1 tablespoon
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
   
2. Melt chocolate and butter together in saucepan or microwave. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. In mixing bowl beat together the sugar and eggs, salt and flour, add melted chocolate and butter mixture. Stir in walnuts and vanilla.
4. Pour batter in greased and floured 9x13 baking pan.
5. Bake approximately 25-30 minutes. Test with toothpick. ome chocolate batter should remain on the pick.

Brownie Mix + Pumpkin Puree Brownies

I knew that the whole cake mix + pumpkin puree combination works well (my boss liked them a lot)...so when I read that "kellsua" does the same thing with brownie mix + pumpkin puree, I decided to try. Why not? It's fast, easy, and a little scary ('cause who knows what they'll really taste like?). I'll just say that they look gross, taste okay, and are not as good as the pumpkin puree cupcakes. Still...this is healthier than regular brownie mix brownies (you don't add ANYTHING but pumpkin, which means you cut down on the fat and cholesterol and increase the fiber, vitamin A, etc.). Oh--and if you hate measuring things, this is the perfect recipe for you. You just dump out the box and plop out the entire can of pumpkin puree together in a bowl and mix. Bake for 20-25 min? ::shrugs:: Can't remember. I personally didn't like them enough to want to make them again, but the other research assistants and Psi Chi officers said they were good (I told them to be completely honest too).

The only ingredients!:



It has the same shape it had when it was raw :(

See? They look gross. I think it's just because you can see the fibery stuff of the pumpkin.



I put chocolate chips in about 1/3 of the batter (tasted better with them I think):