At first look, this recipe doesn’t seem quite right. There are only 5 ingredients, and not one of them involves flour, sugar, or any standard baking ingredient. However, the combination of ingredients come together magically to become a very, very, very good brownie.
This recipe is from one of my most often consulted cookbooks, The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook. There is a new version of this cookbook, but I don’t know if the recipe is included. I didn’t find the recipe on their website, although they do have quite an extensive recipe collection.
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips, 1/2 cup of peanut butter (creamy or chunky), and a 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk. Stir constantly until chocolate melts and the ingredients are well mixed. Next, remove the pan from heat and stir in 1/2 cup of toasted chopped pecans and 2 cups of chocolate graham cracker crumbs.
Press the (very thick) batter into a generously greased 8″x8″ pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 22 to 24 minutes.
The best description Quinn and I can come up with for these brownies is “surprisingly good.” Our only complaint was that we didn’t have any ice cream to top them off.
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:33 am
I love Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook. Have you tried the Chocolate Glazed Triple Layer Cheesecake? I believe it’s in there. It’s so good. As for the brownies, one day I’m going to make these. I’ve been curious about this graham cracker/condensed milk version for quite a while.
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:03 am
Oooh, that sounds good. I’ll have to look that one up. Thanks for the tip, Anna!
September 13th, 2006 at 8:19 am
I’m not sure whether you’ll see this comment, as it’s so far past your original post date…
..but I made these last night, intrigued by the graham cracker/sweetened condensed milk idea. ONLY – instead of 1 cup choc. chips, I used mini dark chocolate Reese’s cups, which I melted w/ the milk and p.b. Used slightly more than 2 cups graham crumbs, as I had crushed my graham supply, and didn’t want to have any leftovers……perhaps a total of 2.5 cups in the recipe. Baked in a 9″ pan for approx. 25 minutes. VERY dense. VERY rich. I adore p.b, so they’re fine by me, but others might find them over-the-top. I was expecting a more “fudgy” bar…..
August 28th, 2012 at 6:28 am
Would it be fine if I used normal graham crackers instead of chocolate ones?
August 28th, 2012 at 6:54 am
Anne, that should be just fine. Enjoy!