Bake or Break

Kitchen Sink Brownies

I've made what most of us think of as Kitchen Sink Cookies many, many times. I do believe, though, that this is my first foray into Kitchen Sink Brownies. How this never happened before now is a mystery. I love the idea, and now that I've tried them, I can't believe I waited so long..

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Black Bottom Brownies

When we moved to New York just over a year ago, I was forced to whittle down my cookbook collection. Believe me, losing 3000 square feet of living space will make you whittle down a lot of things. I spent a lot of time and thought considering what books would make the cut. My collection is about 85% baking books. One of my favorite kinds of baking books is bakery cookbooks. To me, those are just the best. I'm pretty sure all of those made the cut. An old favorite of mine is The Sweet Melissa Baking Book. From that book, I share with you these brownies.

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Brownie Buttons

When I made these brownies, I just wasn't pleased with them. I don't know that it was anything specific. I just didn't think they turned out the way they were supposed to be. The recipe had a suggestion for a glaze of melted white chocolate. So, I put them in a container, made a mental note to try the glaze, and moved on to something else. Then, a funny thing happened. We kept eating them. And, the more we ate them, the more we liked them. No glaze. No extra anything. Just these little brownies on their own won us over.

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Hazelnut Cream Cheese Brownies

View a printable recipe or more photos I'll just assume that title alone got your attention. Not much could be better than than chocolate, hazelnuts, and cream cheese. The only thing wrong with these brownies is that I didn't make them sooner.

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Fat Witch Brownies

View a printable recipe or more photos Inside the famed Chelsea Market, is a little shop called Fat Witch Bakery. I first sampled their famed brownies a few years back during a visit to New York. Like so many before and after me, I was quite pleased. Recently, the good folks behind Fat Witch published a cookbook that I was lucky enough to preview. On first glance, I found many recipes I want to try (hazelnut cream cheese brownies?!? yes, please!). Ultimately, I figured that I should start with what most think they do best - brownies.

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Salted Fudge Brownies

View a printable recipe or more photos I love a good brownie. To me, they offer one of the best returns on a time and effort investment in the baking world. There is usually no butter to soften, no sink full of dirty bowls, no long hours to wait for them to be ready to eat. You decide you want brownies? You can be eating them in under an hour with very little mess.

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