Ree is a hilarious woman and a pretty fantastic cook. She uses ingredients that we (people living in the middle of nowhere) can find and they taste delicious. Make the cinnamon rolls and give them out for presents, you will be hard pressed to come home with any for yourself. The pictures are helpful to those that aren't the best cooks/bakers and she keeps it real for a former city girl that is living in the country.
Keep up the excellent work Ree!!
I have to go make brownies now!
Ree, your readers will follow you anywhere! An excellent write up on your experiment and made even better by your bizarre middle child humor.
Thanks for letting us know when you add your insight on other sites!
Ree, you absolutely make my day! i enjoy your blogs, and love your recipes; i will have to send you my "best cake brownies" recipe...they have an entire can of 16 oz hershey's chocolate syrup in them....mmmmm.
one of the things i love most about you...your love for that marlboro man and your kiddos...so refreshing!
I love, love, love Guittard chocolate for baking, especially their semi-sweet. If ya wanna get all fancy order their semi sweet, milk and bittersweet and experiment with mixing them. Sooo good! It is slightly less expensive than SB ($12 per lb) and the flavor in my opinion is superior.
I use ground unsweetened cocoa, usually Droste if I have it, or Hershey's in a pinch. Then add extra oil to make up for the dry cocoa. Sometimes I use walnut oil, or toasted walnut grapeseed oil. That gives the brownies an extra nutty flavor. Beating the butter and sugar well helps give the glossy, cracked top that some people like.
Slightly underbaking keeps brownies chewy. Bake till the sides slightly pull away from the pan and the center is still a bit soft. Not really soft. You don't want uncooked batter. Ick.
For pure chocolate flavor, I like Valrhona chocolate. But my preferred baking chocolate is Scharffen Berger, because of it's amazing chocolate taste and fruitiness. I'm a little biased because I'm from San Francisco and Scharffen Berger is in Berkeley.
Every 6 months, I buy a 2.2 kg box of Scharffen Berger bittersweet chocolate. It's a little cheaper buying in bulk and the chocolate is in approx. 1 oz pieces. I highly recommend taking their chocolate factory tour, if you are in the Bay Area.
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