Decadent Killer Brownie Recipe | Chewy, Chocolaty Squares of Goodness!

[Kitchen Diva]

Like Kacey ( my new BFF) I too have the same reaction to coffee. I made some other brownie recipe that called for espresso powder and could not eat them b/c I could taste it. I am going to make these today ( because I have PMS and it is ok to make and eat killer brownies while PMS'ing) and eat the entire pan myself

I love you! Even though I weigh almost twice what you do...I'll do my best to not squish you to death when I hug you for the first time!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Meredith, were you and Kacey seperated at birth or something!? You 2 gotta do some searching in the family tree!

If we were, she was my thrid leg or something- she's tiny...I've got the good German bone structure!

Stop picking on us people who can taste an almost non-existent amount of coffee in a tub full of water!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

I am beginning to think that maybe we were!!!! I have always longed for a sister

Well then I shall be your sister.

Oh and back to the coffee thing- DH says he's amazed at how I'm able to pick out amazing coffee blends and flavors for him to try (just on smell) even though I don't like coffee at all. And I used to buy DH's coffee from Boca Java until we lost our jobs. It didn't seem right to spend $8.00 for 1/2 a pound of coffee.

Yes, I'm a little touchy today- I'm sure it is because so many of you are picking on my when I'm not here!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Too many BAD cooks in my future spoiled things for me. I try LOTS of new foods and recipes every year and I have a VERY sensitive tongue- meaning it doesn't take much of a flavor for me to pick it out. If it's too strong of a flavor- one that could potentially overpower an entire dish or sauce- like fresh basil or cilantro- I don't care for it- I can't get past that strong taste to taste other things.I've never liked coffee- and the only person in my family that drinks it besides my DH is my grandfather- so that's a family thing, we don't like it. (too strong of a flavor)And like I said, I've had too many bad cooks or bad restaurant experiences in my past that have ruined certain things for me.Although I still like lemons, which is funny- (long story I'll tell you about later)For the most part I just don't like coffee, dill, strong cheeses- except I do like gorgonzola in small controlled amounts, too much fresh basil and cilantro. I can't eat raw onions, olives, etc- because I can only eat a couple of raw veggies without breaking into hives in my mouth and down my throat.
And, other than shallots, thinly sliced, raw onions are very strong and sting my tongue- see...I told you that my tongue was sensitive.I love salsa's, and pan sauces and I actually cook with a huge variety of ingredients, but I've never cared for Dill or Cilantro. And after a day in the community restroom at work one day (after a work potlock, sponsored by my favorite Indian co-worker) (Seriously I loved him to death, very sweet guy!) I cannot stomach curry, either. LOL:yuck: Strong flavors are just that to me- but magnified. So I try to make dishes where if there is a strong ingredient, it will be blended nicely with the others in the dish- where it won't over power the others.So I actually don't have a lot of aversions. I have more allergies to things than aversions, and if you knew what I grew up on, you'd be amazed that I'm willing to even try anything new.:chef: I'm sure if you were to sit down and think long and hard, you would each find 5-10 foods, seasonings, spices, herbs, flavors that you just cannot stand, whether sweet or savory. I'm just brave enough to admit mine!

LOL :blushing: Also the line of bad cooks in my past is not to be outdone by the boring cooks in my family...who cook the same 10 dishes their entire lives and never branch out. I should get some sort of award for even thinking of branching out and for being accepted into culinary school. And finally in my defense, I have a friend who is a vegetarian that is half way through culinary school- and he can't even stand to touch meat, but he's having to learn to cook with it, and taste his dishes... so if he can do that, I can learn to work with dill, cilantro and ooodles of fresh basil- but until then, I will just strongly reduce the amounts of cilantro and basil in my recipes, and skip the dill altogether! Yes, I'm feeling a little fiesty this morning- After 3 weeks on 3 different allergy meds my hormones are all out of whack, and I just learned that allergy meds can mess with hormone levels so I don't even feel like my hormone therapy is working. I'm a little cranky and weepy today. So just know I'm not attacking anyone, just defending my poor sensitive tongue.

I have a very short list of what I don't like:Okra
Green Pepper (but I love all other colors of bell peppers!)
Real Indian Curry (not the American stuff - that's not really curry)
Raisins
FennelOkay - I found 5, but that really is about all I don't like.Oh - wait - there are 6 - because I detest Salmon. Love just about every kind of fish, but really do not like Salmon.And if I had to pick one thing from my list that I really could never eat, it would be okra & curry (that's 2, but they both make me hurl.)I'm more about different flavor combos that I don't like.....like I don't like my tea sweet, and I don't like cheese on hamburgers (love cheese, but I am a hamburger purist), and I don't like chocolate chips in my banana bread.....that kind of thing. Those would all be flavors that I love, just not together.

 

[Kitchen Diva]

I have a very short list of what I don't like:

Okra
Green Pepper (but I love all other colors of bell peppers!)
Real Indian Curry (not the American stuff - that's not really curry)
Raisins
Fennel


Okay - I found 5, but that really is about all I don't like.

Oh - wait - there are 6 - because I detest Salmon. Love just about every kind of fish, but really do not like Salmon.

See, we all have aversions! I like salmon and LOVE tilapia and Walleye. However Crab and Lobster is too rich for my stomach so I cannot eat those without getting sick shrotly after. I love rasins, but I'm with you on the fennel- so I guess we'll have to add anise/black licorice to my list of aversions! LOL I think we should start a thread on all my strong flavor aversions! Too darn funny!!!

 

[rennea]

I don't like:
~ green/red/orange/yellow peppers
~sage
~I eat seafood, pork and chicken but no other meats
~Can't drink beer something in it makes me ill
~Can't imagine life without coffee, really!!!!!!

 

[janetupnorth]

If we were, she was my thrid leg or something- she's tiny...I've got the good German bone structure!

Stop picking on us people who can taste an almost non-existent amount of coffee in a tub full of water!

Warning! That German bone structure comes with a lovely German gut as you get older. I'm desperately trying to keep mine in check so I don't look like my grandma...I have everything else from her! Oh, except I managed to make it to 5'4", she was 4'11".

 

[chefmeg]

not picking Kasey, really! I am amazed at how well you know the things you don't like and still manage to call yourself "puffy"!

I don't like:
mushrooms-it is a texture thing versus taste
boiled okra-fried is fine
stewed tomatoes-goes with the whole boiled okra!
rutebega
fresh water fish~I LOVE most seafood, but freshwater fish eludes me!

 

[chefann]

Warning! That German bone structure comes with a lovely German gut as you get older. I'm desperately trying to keep mine in check so I don't look like my grandma...I have everything else from her! Oh, except I managed to make it to 5'4", she was 4'11".

(I know KG will remember this one...) The highlighted part reminds me of the Animaniacs version of the Schnitzelbank song. There's a verse they sing about "Otto's gut, Otto's butt!"

Great - now I have that song stuck in my head.

 

[rennea]

My motto is "if you can't loose weight, fatten up your friends"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh Bless!! That's my kind of motto:thumbup:

 

[PamperedTre]

Oh Bless!! That's my kind of motto:thumbup:

Heck yes!

 

[merego]

If we were, she was my thrid leg or something- she's tiny...I've got the good German bone structure!

Stop picking on us people who can taste an almost non-existent amount of coffee in a tub full of water!

I can not fit all my BFF's quotes in here so I will just say, we had to have been seperated at birth b/c as I was reading the list of what she can not eat I was yelling, that's me, that's me.......
Now that Kacey has adopted me to be her sister, I just agree with everything she says

I can not eat Indian food, Thai food, japanese food or chinese food either, I don't eat fish unless it is a Filet of Fish from my good friend Mac Donald. I know fish helps keep you slim, but I can not stomach it, at all. I can not handle alot of strong spices , i like spices, just in small amounts. I don't eat a ton of meat, but I love chocolate
I can drink beer and lots of it as well as martini's and margaritas~ woo-hoo~
I can not drink dark beer, however or red wine.
Coffee~ ewwwwwww, I drink Diet Pepsi Max to wake me up for the day.
I can not have my foods touching either.

 

[Kitchen Diva]

I don't like:
~ green/red/orange/yellow peppers
~sage
~I eat seafood, pork and chicken but no other meats
~Can't drink beer something in it makes me ill
~Can't imagine life without coffee, really!!!!!!

I feel the same way about quality hot chocolate! I wish I liked coffee. I like the way it smells- I've tried in vain to like it, but it just doesn't agree with me.

When I was a kid I was severely allergic to chocolate. By Junior High I was making myself eat SMALL amounts of chocolate each week until I could stomach a whole snickers bar or hershey bar without getting sick. I still cannot stomach dark chocolates, and they are a little too bitter for my personal tastes, but I was hoping if I could work up an immunity to chocolate, I could do the same with coffee- and I was wrong. I love coffee lovers if that helps!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

not picking Kasey, really! I am amazed at how well you know the things you don't like and still manage to call yourself "puffy"!

I don't like:
mushrooms-it is a texture thing versus taste
boiled okra-fried is fine
stewed tomatoes-goes with the whole boiled okra!
rutebega
fresh water fish~I LOVE most seafood, but freshwater fish eludes me!

I really am puffy! (my mom used to call me "stocky" because I was so athletic as a child- like that didn't have an effect on me! LOL)

A healthy weight for me is about 145-150. I am 5 feet 7 inches tall (tallest in my family- both sides, excluding males) And I weigh 175 give or take 5 pounds depending on the time of the month. Because of my medium/large German frame I hold my weight VERY well, and no one would ever guess that I weigh what I tell them I weigh. That is a blessing in disguise, but it still doesn't help that I'm dying to get back into my size 10 clothes and I'm not comfy in a size 12 or 14!

I would pass out if I ever got down to an 8, but I know I'd be happy in a 10, which would mean I'd need to get down to about 160...which I can do once I start working again, and can afford to buy my $50.00 worth of protein suppliments every two weeks!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Oh Bless!! That's my kind of motto:thumbup:

Or fatten up your DH! hee-hee! I should scan in my PC a before and after picture of my DH- it's criminal what I've done to him when you think about it. Poor guy! I feel terrible!

 

[crystalscookingnow]

Or fatten up your DH! hee-hee! I should scan in my PC a before and after picture of my DH- it's criminal what I've done to him when you think about it. Poor guy! I feel terrible!

Oh, heavens... you should see my DH. Well, me too, for that matter. When we got married, I was a 4-6. Now, well, I'm just not. He had a 31 waist. Now it's 34-36. Oh well.

I have a saying for the weight you gain after getting married. It's called Happy Fat!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

I can not fit all my BFF's quotes in here so I will just say, we had to have been seperated at birth b/c as I was reading the list of what she can not eat I was yelling, that's me, that's me.......
Now that Kacey has adopted me to be her sister, I just agree with everything she says

I can not eat Indian food, Thai food, japanese food or chinese food either, I don't eat fish unless it is a Filet of Fish from my good friend Mac Donald. I know fish helps keep you slim, but I can not stomach it, at all. I can not handle alot of strong spices , i like spices, just in small amounts. I don't eat a ton of meat, but I love chocolate
I can drink beer and lots of it as well as martini's and margaritas~ woo-hoo~
I can not drink dark beer, however or red wine.
Coffee~ ewwwwwww, I drink Diet Pepsi Max to wake me up for the day.
I can not have my foods touching either.

Oh my gosh, you are too funny! Well Little sis (both in age and weight) I like fish- I've learned to prepare fish in ways that make it melt in your mouth and even DH will eat it. I can drink most lumberjacks under the table, but I strongly dislike all alcohol and don't drink wines because of the tannins (sp?) and I will get a migraine from them. I don't like beer, but I like Zima with lime.

I don't drink because of the fact that I can drink most lumberjacks under the table and since my dear late father was a drunk, I promised him (at his grave stone one year when I was a teen) that I would not drink, and I've kept that promise. I was actually scared into that promise on my 21st birthday when I had 7 mixed drinks in a 2 hour period and didn't even get sleepy! I wasn't dizzy, sleepy, drunk, tipsy, nothing! So I will have a sip of something every now and then, but clear rum gives me hives, and Jamacian Rum is hard to find in the US, and I vomit from just a shot of tequilla- so I stay away from booze and beer.

I love Asian cuisine and would love to study it more abroad once I finish culinary school. I love marinated meats and veggies and jasmine rice- I love mexican food, too!

You must get your love of Pepsi from your side of the family because over here that's a 4-letter word. We are coke drinkers, but I'm more of a Rootbeer Gal. The only caffeine I drink comes in my cocoa and my sweet tea. I stay away from the stuff.

My foods can touch, but they have to stay away from one another in my stomach. I'm KIDDING!

So other than our few differences, we are sort of like sisters! Just to make this clear, I'm the pretty AND smart one, and Mom likes me best! LOL

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Oh, heavens... you should see my DH. Well, me too, for that matter. When we got married, I was a 4-6. Now, well, I'm just not. He had a 31 waist. Now it's 34-36. Oh well.

I have a saying for the weight you gain after getting married. It's called Happy Fat!

DH had a 28/30 inch waist now it's a 42 inch waste! I was a size 4 when we met (123 pounds) now I'm a size 12. But sizes have changed...I have a size 4 skirt from when I was a manager at The Limited and it's a lot smaller than the 4's they sell now a days. Also I've noticed when I was sent home from the Air Force with a torn achilles tendon and a cast and a cane, I gained weight from sitting on my toosh for 8 weeks while I healed. I went from 123 pounds to 155 pounds and was wearing a size 12. I lost all the weight shortly after the cast came off... fast forward 15 years and I'm 20 pounds heavier and still in a size 12- so sizes have gotten bigger!

 

[chefmeg]

Oh, heavens... you should see my DH. Well, me too, for that matter. When we got married, I was a 4-6. Now, well, I'm just not. He had a 31 waist. Now it's 34-36. Oh well.

I have a saying for the weight you gain after getting married. It's called Happy Fat!

then honey, I am exstatic!
DH lost about 20 lbs after his parents died~stress of the sudden death of his Mom and then watching his Dad just waste away from cancer~ and I seemed to have picked it up! I have been trying to fatten him up since, but at the same time, loose weight myself...not working well in either direction!
Since my Dad has been sick, he has lost about 30 lbs...he really couldn't afford to and I offered a fat transplant, but they won't hook us up!
I think I am going to make this batch of brownies for DH to take to work on Friday along with several catalogs! That way, they are not in the house for me to be tempted by!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Well, at least we're all happy with our fat... or is that we all have happy fat but aren't happy about it? It's probably from the dill!

 

[chefmeg]

Knock, knock??

who's there??


Dill??

Dill Who??

Dill we meet again!!!!!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Knock, knock??

who's there??


Dill??

Dill Who??

Dill we meet again!!!!!

OMG- smart AND funny! I'm sitting here chucking at this joke and can't stop.

I have one for you...




How do you fix a broken tomato?



























With Tomato Paste!

 

[chefmeg]

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too cute!

 

[merego]

OMG- smart AND funny! I'm sitting here chucking at this joke and can't stop.

I have one for you...




How do you fix a broken tomato?

Comedy must come from your side of the family

I do like coke, I buy what is on sale. I like Diet coke ( with vitamins and minerals) whatever the heck that means~ ha I bought Big K cola ( Kroger brand if ya'll have a Kroger) and my son said are we poor and I asked why and he said I thought only poor people drank Big K. I said I just wanted to try it b/c a 2 liter was .59 cents compared to Pepsi and Coke that was 1.59 a 2 liter that day. I couldn't tell a difference, but I don't drink much soda, I love iced tea and my Crystal Light lemonades.

I LOVE Mexican, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!! Love Italian too, but I am a Casagrande so I have to love it. Love all that Italian bread, but it does not love my waistline, however. I was a size 0 when I met DH, was a size 4 when we got married, a size 6-8 when I got pregnant and after being pregnant for 2 years straight, I went on weight watchers and am now a size 1-2.
I am not a big drinker anymore, was in college, then got alcohol poisening and didn't drink for a long time. I do enjoy the occassional martini or margarita and getting my groove on!!! I got hammered this past new years , after not drinking for quite a while and got as sick as a dog ( DH reminds me quite often) was sick for 2 days. I didn't drink or could not even smell beer or booze for 3 months. My dad ( who is alive, but dead to me) is a drunk and my sister ( who is also dead to me) is a functioning alcoholic.


I didn't have all the ingrediants for the killer brownies, but am going to the store tonight and need to make 3 batches to get over the news of my son's girlfriends mom calling and telling me she came home from work early and found them in the girlfriends bedroom ( ay carumba!!!) They were not having sex, but they weren't playing scrabble either!!!! I will need a drink or too as well. This is probably a discussion for a whole other thread!!
























With Tomato Paste!

Comedy must come from your side of the family

I do like coke, I buy what is on sale. I like Diet coke ( with vitamins and minerals) whatever the heck that means~ ha I bought Big K cola ( Kroger brand if ya'll have a Kroger) and my son said are we poor and I asked why and he said I thought only poor people drank Big K. I said I just wanted to try it b/c a 2 liter was .59 cents compared to Pepsi and Coke that was 1.59 a 2 liter that day. I couldn't tell a difference, but I don't drink much soda, I love iced tea and my Crystal Light lemonades.

I LOVE Mexican, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!! Love Italian too, but I am a Casagrande so I have to love it. Love all that Italian bread, but it does not love my waistline, however. I was a size 0 when I met DH, was a size 4 when we got married, a size 6-8 when I got pregnant and after being pregnant for 2 years straight, I went on weight watchers and am now a size 1-2.
I am not a big drinker anymore, was in college, then got alcohol poisening and didn't drink for a long time. I do enjoy the occassional martini or margarita and getting my groove on!!! I got hammered this past new years , after not drinking for quite a while and got as sick as a dog ( DH reminds me quite often) was sick for 2 days. I didn't drink or could not even smell beer or booze for 3 months. My dad ( who is alive, but dead to me) is a drunk and my sister ( who is also dead to me) is a functioning alcoholic.


I didn't have all the ingrediants for the killer brownies, but am going to the store tonight and need to make 3 batches to get over the news of my son's girlfriends mom calling and telling me she came home from work early and found them in the girlfriends bedroom ( ay carumba!!!) They were not having sex, but they weren't playing scrabble either!!!! I will need a drink or too as well. This is probably a discussion for a whole other thread!!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Good luck with the DS! When DSS (dear step son) lived with us, we found him doing things that only doctors and husbands should be doing to women...

I don't envy you the discussion you have to have with him. I'm pretty sure that chocolate can help you get through that!

 

[chefann]

Kacey, watch the tea intake if tannins give you a headache. Tea is full of tannins, which is why you're not supposed to drink it when you have a sore throat.

 

[Kitchen Diva]

Kacey, watch the tea intake if tannins give you a headache. Tea is full of tannins, which is why you're not supposed to drink it when you have a sore throat.

I was wondering why my headaches have been increasing lately! Shoot! Does black tea have tannins?

I'm going to go cry now- I can't drink lemonade without needing a bottle of heart burn pills, I can't drink wine, can't drink tea, can't drink the koolaid... I'm going to go and throw myself a pity party!

 

[Leth]

Merego...I like your reasoning (way back on page 1)...I may make a pan myself!

 

[chefann]

I was wondering why my headaches have been increasing lately! Shoot! Does black tea have tannins?

I'm going to go cry now- I can't drink lemonade without needing a bottle of heart burn pills, I can't drink wine, can't drink tea, can't drink the koolaid... I'm going to go and throw myself a pity party!

I know black tea does, not sure about white or green. The tannins may be a result of the oxidation that turns white or green tea leaves into black tea. Just cut down on your consumption of the sweet tea, and you should be OK. (Maybe 1 glass of tea, then a glass of plain water, etc.)

 

[janetupnorth]

Hey don't feel bad Kacey - I can't drink anything with aspartame - makes me VERY, VERY ill, and guess what???? Practically everything has aspartame in it!!! I can't drink milk (too much lactose causes real issues), try not to drink soda, trying to avoid the caffeine...tea isn't my cup of tea, coffee I only like flavored, not black and trying to avoid the caffeine again. I'm pretty much down to lemonade, Kool-aid and water!!!!