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American Brownies
2010-Jul-12, Monday 07:25 pmI like baking. Cooking, not so much. But baking, it's methodical, it's logical, there's measurement, experimentation, and delicious results. It requires a certain amount of exactness. In short, it appeals to me.
But I get frustrated by a couple of things. Many recipes available online are North American, and use short names for things we've never even heard of this side of the Atlantic (I understand half and half is half cream and half whole milk?). But also, especially with the North American recipes, but also with the tried-and-tested old recipes in my mother's books, is the problem of measurement. (Which I also think this is a source of failure for new bakers, an ounce is quite a large range. Metric on the other hand, is much more precise.)
Another pet peeve is one purely of convenience. 6oz gets converted to 175g. Baking supplies don't come in 175g. 8oz is 225g. Supplies now-a-days are sold in 100g, 150g, etc. In days past when we had plenty of time to spend baking day in, day out, that was okay, you could use up the balance the next day. Now though it can result in mostly full packets being thrown out because they've been open, and unused, for weeks or months!
So, my aim is to convert recipes to my style, and my tastes. This can seem quite complicated when written down, but when lining up the ingredients it makes so much more sense.
And so, without further a-do, I give you American Brownies, alá moi.
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( Directions )
But I get frustrated by a couple of things. Many recipes available online are North American, and use short names for things we've never even heard of this side of the Atlantic (I understand half and half is half cream and half whole milk?). But also, especially with the North American recipes, but also with the tried-and-tested old recipes in my mother's books, is the problem of measurement. (Which I also think this is a source of failure for new bakers, an ounce is quite a large range. Metric on the other hand, is much more precise.)
Another pet peeve is one purely of convenience. 6oz gets converted to 175g. Baking supplies don't come in 175g. 8oz is 225g. Supplies now-a-days are sold in 100g, 150g, etc. In days past when we had plenty of time to spend baking day in, day out, that was okay, you could use up the balance the next day. Now though it can result in mostly full packets being thrown out because they've been open, and unused, for weeks or months!
So, my aim is to convert recipes to my style, and my tastes. This can seem quite complicated when written down, but when lining up the ingredients it makes so much more sense.
And so, without further a-do, I give you American Brownies, alá moi.
( Ingredients )
( Hardware )
( Directions )
