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The Great Baking Chocolate Debate

"The Ross Perot of Brownies."

heh heh.

sasha at 11:56PM on 10/17/07

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The Great Baking Chocolate Debate

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!

ruthann48 at 4:14PM on 05/01/08

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The Great Baking Chocolate Debate

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.

amberpearl at 9:14PM on 03/14/08

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The Great Baking Chocolate Debate

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.

teejay at 10:02AM on 11/05/07

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The Great Baking Chocolate Debate

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.

SundayNiteDinner at 1:33PM on 10/23/07

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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!

Tristan at 10:14PM on 10/22/07

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The Great Baking Chocolate Debate

Mmmm! I love brownies.

But I have to point out that the fancy baking chocolate you used is dark chocolate and well, being a fan of dark chocolate no other kind of chocolate stands a chance against the dark. And I always use dark in my baking.

I think I'll go home and bake something!

Good to see you here Ree.

ellabella at 10:14AM on 10/19/07