First of all, I am excited to say that this little blog and I are featured in C&H Sugar’s Sweet Talk newsletter. The summer edition is all about baking blogs, and I am flattered to be mentioned in the same article as some of my favorite blogs, including Simply Recipes, Dessert First, and Cookie Madness. Check it out, and check out the blogs mentioned in the article.
Okay, now. On with the brownies.
Recently, when Quinn and I were craving something chocolate, I pulled out one of my favorite cookbooks, Chocolate by Nick Malgieri. Obvious choice for a chocolate recipe, right? And there are so, so many tempting ones within its pages.
After flipping through the recipes, I decided it was high time I tried out his Supernatural Brownies recipe. How I’ve waited this long, I have no idea.
A suggested variation is the addition of walnut or pecan pieces. I do like nuts in my brownies, so that was a given. However, I used hazelnuts that were chopped and then lightly toasted.
I used semisweet chocolate because that was all I had on hand. Next time, I think I would use bittersweet chocolate to tame the sweetness a bit. In any case, these are some of the best brownies I have ever made.
16 responses so far ↓
1 amateurblogger // Aug 10, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Hello,
I recently made these for the first time and loved them so much I made them again two days later. They are delicious! And, since I was the only one eating them, I cut them up and froze them so as not to get stale. I had read somewhere that they are delicious directly from the freezer and it is sooooo true!
2 Davak // Aug 10, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Yum! Those look amazing! I had to go get a glass of milk after just reading about them.
After you guys move up here to Carolina… these are the changes to the recipe I request:
- Definely, definely bittersweet.
- No nuts
Now, Quinn… be honest. Did all of those delicious brownie crumbs fall naturally around the tower’o'chocolate like that or did you really spend half a day arranging them perfectly for the photo?
Davak
3 Jen the Bread Freak // Aug 10, 2007 at 1:21 pm
These look delicious! I really need to use that book more often. I tend to break it out and look at the food porn inside make mental notes of the things I want to try and then get distracted by the other hundreds of things that I want to bake. Congrats on the C&H newsletter! That’s awesome
4 Anita // Aug 10, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Congrats on being mentioned in the newsletter - you’re certainly deserving of the honor!! Those brownies do look supernaturally delicious!
5 T. Martin // Aug 11, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Did you add chocolate chips or chunks to the batter? It looks that way in the picture.
Also, what is the final texture: cakey, fudgey, or in between?
6 Hendria // Aug 11, 2007 at 6:33 pm
These look amazing. Congrats on being mentioned in the newsletter….
7 jennifer // Aug 11, 2007 at 7:40 pm
T, there aren’t any chocolate chips in the batter. Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like there are some in there.
The final texture was more toward cakey. They were quite dense, though, making them a little fudgey.
8 Patty Draper // Aug 11, 2007 at 7:57 pm
I love your recipes…even though I sometimes don’t take the time to make them! I knew your taste was great…found out in the newsletter that you are also from Mississippi. I’ve traveled but still think MS has the best food ever! Keep tempting us!
9 Jen // Aug 13, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Congratulations on the mention! You can’t go wrong with Nick Malgieri.
10 Jaay // Aug 13, 2007 at 6:34 pm
yum! these look delish. I’ve had the darnest time finding a brownie recipe that suits me. I love fudgy brownies and most I’ve tried are more cakey than fudgy or the fudgy ones just don’t have the right flavor. These look pretty promising though. I’ll have to give them a shot!
11 Parker // Aug 18, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Congratulations on the feature! That is awesome. As always your food looks amazing. I’ve been having a hard time finding the perfect brownie recipe, so I think I’ll add this one to my ‘to try’ list, along with Dorie’s.
Thanks for the recipe!
12 Anonymous // Aug 25, 2007 at 9:37 pm
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