I am baking brownie bars and my recipe in my cookbook says to use a Turtle brownie mix. I did but the directions on the brownie box are different than the recipe tells how to make the bars. Do I just go by what the recipe in the cookbook tells me? Perhaps the recipe tells me to add another egg to make the brownies thicker into bars? When I take the brownies out the mix still sticks to the toothpick when I go by the recipe directions and it would be longer according to the box.
I bake a lot but this is a new recipe. The coconut looks light brown. I am worried it was cooked too long. This is hard to get everything just right.
Go by the cookbook...just treat the box of brownie mix as O. of the ingredients!
Do what the directions in the cookbook tell you. If you need to cook it a little longer than what the cookbook says, then cook them a bit longer. Cooking times are just general guidelines (in recipes). I typically cook cupcakes less than what they tell me to because of my oven. Sometimes I have to cook other things longer.
Use the cookbook...you are following that recipe, not the one on the brownie box...it's just one ingredient...you'll be fine!!! stick with the plan!! :)
If you stick the toothpick in the middle of any brownie recipe it probably will come out with some batter on it. Try sticking it 2 inches from the side of the pan and see if it comes out clean there. I usually go by the sides,if it is pulling away from the pan a little, they are done.
