Catching up — Once again.
Today is my first day off in 9 days. 8 of those were closings or late shifts. For the most part I love my job of cooking, but this run has really burned me out.
Knitting again, of sorts. Nothing on the little sweater, but I’ve started working on a couple of scarves that have been sitting on needles for way too long. It’s *good* to be knitting again.
Brownies. Does anyone like brownies? I’ve run across a very simple recipe that makes the tastiest and fudgiest brownies I’ve had in a long while. And dead simple.
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1 stick of butter (salted or unsalted) (8 tablespoons)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
pinch of salt if you’re using unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Preheat oven to 350F. Melt chocolate and butter in a small saucepan at very low heat, stirring occasionally. When chocolate is just about melted, remove from heat and stir until smooth. Stir in sugar. Beat in eggs, one at time until incorporated. Add flour and vanilla and stir until no traces of flour remain.
Pour into a greased 8×8 pan. Even out the batter and bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until set and barely firm in the middle.
Enjoy.
And finally an optical illusion that I just received in email.
Sitting on the edge of your seat, looking the the image, Mr. Angry is on the left.
Now stand up and move away about 10-12 feet. Now Mr. Angry in on the right. Weird….
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Sheila wrote:
Sounds like a really yummy recipe. Glad you are back to knitting.
The optical illusion is definitely weird.
Posted on 22-Sep-07 at 8:21 pm | Permalink
Barbara-Kay wrote:
Those brownies are reminiscent of a Betty Crocker recipe I used as a 4H girl. It was my only county fair entry that ever won a blue ribbon. I’ve been partial to it through the years because you can make the entire batter in the pan you melt the chocolate/butter in, thus not dirtying a bowl. Yummy AND efficient!
Posted on 23-Sep-07 at 6:01 am | Permalink
Sheila wrote:
Oh, those faces really are very weird. I hope to hear more about you knitting again soon. I’ve enjoyed seeing it in the past.
Posted on 24-Sep-07 at 7:29 pm | Permalink
vivi wrote:
I’m guest of this Blog sometimes. I like this special atmosphere here: thank you very much!
And I wait for your knit art too!
Greetings!
Posted on 15-Oct-07 at 11:09 pm | Permalink
Janey wrote:
Squinting also changes the angry face from one side to the other.
Did I say I was too lazy to move 10 or 12 feet away? (And besides, 10 or 12 feet would take me out of the “computer” room.)
Take care,
Janey
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 1:16 pm | Permalink