Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 60 == roasted dizzy chicken stock
Cook what you have. stay well
Author: Chef Francis Xavier
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 59 == roasted dizzy chicken
Cooking project today is spit roasted chicken. The BBQ has small motor, spit for two chickens and spike pins. Now in day 59 I find that I have time – after our ritual morning walk – to prep and roast chickens for lunch. The chickens […]
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 58 == Brownies
Day 58 of social isolation. Back from the ritualistic walk. Time is 9am – just after requested Hawaiian breakfast burritos – Charred flour tortilla, Ham, egg scramble , pineapple chunks and confetti sprinkles. Confetti sprinkles were just for oatmeal – now it is the make me feel good for all breakfasts.
Clean up with diminishing Clorox wipes and being as the commis chef for brownies. one batch was to small for the brownie pan. Not enough ingredients for double batch (cook with what you have)…and into the 6″ cake round.
stay well.
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Brownies
Brownies
Double Chocolate Sheet Chocolate Chip Brownies
Equipment
- sheet pan
- mixer
Ingredients
- 2 cups Chocolate Chips Chocolate Morsels
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup Apple Sauce Unsweetened
- 2 TBLSpoon Margarine
- 3 ea. Egg White
- 1-1/4 cup Flour All Purpose
- 1 /3 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 /3 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- PreHeat Oven to 350F
- melt 1/2 chocolate chips, sugar, applesauce and margarine in large, heavy sauce pan over low heat, stirring until smooth.
- remove from heat
- add egg white, stir in well.
- Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and vanilla. stir in the remaining morsels.
- spread onto a greased sheet pan. 13 x 9"
- bake 20 minutes – or until just set.
- Cool Completely and cut into squares.
Notes
These make 24 brownies. I like turning out the brownies when still warm and onto a sugar dusted sheet pan. we had fresh strawberries. So I added them. I am thinking Cherries next.
Brownies –
My favorite culinary myth about the brownie is from Betty Crocker’s Baking Classics.. The story goes >> a housewife in Maine, who was making a chocolate cake, forgot to add baking powder. When her cake didn’t rise properly, instead of tossing it out, she cut and served the flat pieces. A happy culinary accident and serendipitous.
The classic treat is now only limited by imagination. Smores, mint, white chocolate brownies, fudge brownies, newton brownies to name just a few.
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