I make Duncan Hines brownies and they are really good but I want a real recipe to substitute...¿any great ideas?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RESPOND!! I will be trying the recipes tomorrow as I will be baking brownies for my son's teachers and friends... and they won't be from a box!!
Here is another great website for recipes www.northpole.com - click on kitchen at top of screen - then on Mrs.Claus' Cookbook toward bottom of page.
here is my favorite.....very rich and decadent!
Outrageous Brownies
1 pound unsalted butter
1 pound plus 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips, divided
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate
6 extra-large eggs
3 tablespoons instant coffee powder
2 tablespoons real vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided (1 cup for batter and 1/4 cup in the chips and nuts)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups diced walnut pieces
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 18 by 1 1/2-inch sheet pan.
Melt together the butter, 1 pound chocolate chips, and unsweetened chocolate on top of a double boiler. Cool slightly. Stir together the eggs, instant coffee, vanilla and sugar. Stir in the warm chocolate mixture and cool to room temperature.
Stir together 1 cup of the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to cooled chocolate mixture. Toss the walnuts and 12 ounces of chocolate chips with
1/4 cup flour to coat. Then add to the chocolate batter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until tester just comes out clean. Halfway through the baking, rap the pan against the oven shelf to allow air to escape from between the pan and the brownie dough. Do not over-bake! Cool thoroughly, refrigerate well and cut into squares.
Mint Chocolate Brownie Squares
Melt 2 squares (2 oz) unsweetened chocolate and 1 stick of butter over a double-boiler.
Add 2 eggs, well-beaten, 1 cup of sugar and ½ tsp vanilla.
Mix well.
Blend in ½ cup of flour.
Bake in a 9” square pan at 350 for 25 minutes.
Cool.
Frosting:
2 T butter
1 T cream
1 c confectioner’s sugar
½ tsp peppermint flavoring
Green food coloring (optional)
Frost brownies, let set.
1 ½ squares sweet & unsweetened chocolate (some of each)
1 T butter
Melt together, spread or drizzle on top.
On the box of Baker's One Bowl Brownies.
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 50 min
Makes: 24 servings, one brownie each
Ingredients:
4 squares BAKER'S Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1 cup coarsely chopped PLANTERS Pecans (optional)
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Grease foil.
MICROWAVE chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and pecans; mix well. Spread into prepared pan.
BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake.) Cool in pan on wire rack. Remove brownies from pan, using foil handles. Cut into squares. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature.
Here's one more... This recipe is very rich and fudgy, so you can cut the pieces smaller than normal.
Mrs. Fields' Super Fudge Brownies
6 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
1 cup butter
4 large eggs
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup flour
Sprinkling of chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Melt chocolate and butter slowly, either on stove or in microwave.
Meanwhile, mix eggs with mixer on medium speed for 5 minutes. Blend in sugar on low speed, then add butter and chocolate
mixture with vanilla. Add flour.
Pour into 8x8 (or slightly larger) pan, then sprinkle chocolate chips on top.
Bake for about an hour.
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I absolutely second loriJ on the Baker one bowl brownies, use better chocolate. swirl in cream cheese or peanut butter.drizzle with white chocolate. go crazy. these brownies rock.
no pudge brand..ain't so bad! google low fat brownies i bet u will get some great suggestions! i love www.cooks.com good luck!
i LOVE to cook - but i actually prefer boxed brownies! :-) i really like the ghirardelli ones - very rich and yummy! the homemade ones i like tend to be the cream cheese or mint ones. now my mouth is watering!!!
Oh WOW! I was going to post the mint brownie recipe - but someone already typed it for you - we all LOVE those and they are addictive!!! Be careful! LOL If you are making them for a bake sale, don't - you family needs a batch first! lol
They are EXcellent!
