Saturday 9 July 2011

Tried and Tested: New Version of the Old Brownies Classic



this picture is from when I made Brownie cake with Oreo's but apart from substituting the Oreos for peanut butter it looks the same


As you may have noticed, I tend to bake quite regularly.
To be honest, both The Professor and I limit our intake (and we have both lost some weight this year!),
but our very active teenage boy has a larger consumption ability that doesn't seem to impact on his waste line... Ah, those were the days!

:-)

To Our Boy's defence I must add that he actually never buys sweets, chocolates nor cookies, but prefers that we bake and make our own treats. I also prefer to bake as I feel I have more control and know WHAT we are eating. 
We are not paranoid about it, but it just doesn't feel right to stuff ourselves with all sorts of added preservatives which you find in shop bought cakes, cookies and bisquits.


Last night after a lovely, healthy salad with just some fried strips of chicken in it,
we experimented with an old favorite for dessert, Brownies.
The difference to our old recipe was that we added 3 tbsp of peanut butter.
It worked well and was quite nice!


Stir (don't whisk) 4 eggs with
6 dl of sugar
Stir in 200 grams of melted butter with
2 pinches of salt and
2 tsp of vanilla sugar/powder as well as
3 dl of flour and
8 tsb of cocoa powder
3 generous tbsp peanut butter

Remember NOT to whisk as you don't want too much air into the batter as it helps keep the brownie a bit heavy and gooey on the inside.

Pour into your baking tin and
Bake in the oven on 175 degrees for about 45-50 mins

Don't put it too high in the oven so the top won't be burned.

5 comments:

  1. Hei hei
    Ja har lagt merke til at du baker mye. du er jo så flink. Jeg prøver meg stadig men de aller fleste gangene blir det ikke bloggbart. Tror det har noe med tålmodighet å gjøre. Me godt er det. Igår lagde jeg lavkarbo sjokolade mousse. Nam, nam.
    Ønsker deg en fin helg
    Klem tove

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  2. Hei!! Den ser GOD!! ut!! Jeg liker også å bake, men må ikke spise så mye...... Enig med deg, det er bra å vite hva som er i kaka, uansett om det er mye godt i den eller ikke. Ha en fin helg!! AnneK:-)

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  3. Enig med deg, selvgjort er velgjort...og så mye koseligere da med gode minner for sønnen...

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  4. Snadder med brownies :) Du er flink
    til å bake... Her hos meg går det
    mer i rykk og napp :) Salat med
    kyllingstrimler hørtes også godt ut.
    ... og søte pusen din ღ så koselig
    å ha et slikt lite nøste rundt seg ღ
    Ønsker deg og dine en riktig god
    helg, kos deg masse... Klem fra Mette

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  5. Hei på deg, disse ser jo gode ut. De er så fine disse innleggene dine. Håper dere har en fin sommer, jeg og datteren min på 19 skal til London i august og gleder oss selvfølgelig alltid masse, mor datter tur er så koselig. Klemmer fra Wilhelmine

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