Polly's Fudgy Brownies

Not sure what happened to this posting while I was enhancing - supposed to to my blog's template format.  This Fudgy Brownie's blog's text comes with highlighted background that I could not get rid of.  So, I am trying it again.
I think this is my very first post for Brownies - Fudgy style.
I came across this recipe while trying to nurse my foot back to normal after the bunion surgery.
Let me warn you - if you have a bad deformed foot/toe(s) caused by bunion - pray that your recovery would be smooth.  Take good care of your feet so you can cook and bake without pain.

Fudgy Brownies
Mix everything by hand with spatula and or spoon
Bainmarie - in a heat proof bowl Melt 6 oz - 1/2 semi bitter Chocolate chips and 1/2 Milk chocolate chips  over a simmering pot of water and add 1 stick of Butter.  Stir to melt with chocolate and butter.  Remove from the pot. Dry the exterior of the bowl.
Slowly mix in 1-1/2 c sugar into chocolate mixture.   The mixture will become grainy.

 Add egg one at a time - 3 eggs;  Stir well at each addition.  The mixture will look smoother.

DRY ingredients:  SHIFT together -
1/4 c cocoa powder.  (Dutch  processed cocoa gives darker color and "Hershey's Natural" gives reddish color.)
 Pinch of Salt
1/2 c + 1 Tbsp Flour
Add to chocolate mixture

Preheat oven to 350'F
Methods:
Line 8x8 baking with buttered parchment or aluminum.  If aluminum, shift cornstarch in to coat the buttered surface.
Bake in 350'F 30 to 35 min or until the tester comes out a bit with dry solid, but not wet.
Use hot blade knife to slice and wipe blade in between each cut.

 Nice Shiny Crust!  Soft fudgy center.

Tasty Ideas - Brownie ice-cream sandwich:
 If you didn't finish it all, slice them into halves crosswise.
Slice out frozen ice-cream into same shape.  Sandwich it between the brownies.
Wrap them up with foil to freeze or eat it just like that.
Enjoy a frozen brownie ice-cream sandwich.

Polly's Pillows and Homemade Chili

Nothing beats the homemade Chili with this Puffy fried Pillows.  It becomes the primary and chili is its accompaniment.  

Drizzle honey all over and scoop in some chili and just enjoy every bite.  

 

Ingredients are sooo simple! - Flour, some EVOO, salt to taste, and Water!   Mix. Cover and rest the dough for 10 min.  Divide the dough into fair size.  

On a floured surface - Roll the dough out nice and smooth and evenly. 

TIP:  Roll out the dough piece nice and smooth and evenly and "Bobbing" the dough during frying is the key to help it Puff Up!

No yeast, no baking powder.   Just simple ingredients of flour, oil, and water to mix.

Just watch it puff up in hot frying oil when you bobble it.

Even the ones that's half puffed are just as welcomed by family members.  It's one of our family favorites.

Michael's Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Michael's Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies 

1 stick Butter - 4 oz very soft

1/2 C sugar

1/2 C Brown sugar

1 egg room temperature

1 tsp vanilla

1 C  flour or  plus 1/4 C flour 

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 C chocolate chip cookies

Method:  preheat oven to 350'F

Cream sugar with butter with spatula;  add egg and vanilla; blend in quickly with hand blender - barely 30 seconds. 

Shift all dry ingredients .. Add flour in slowly -  the dough is pasty when pressed together - not dry dough.  

Bake at 350'F - 8 to 10-1/2 min

Edge should be browned. 

Tip(s):

Dropping the dough on light color Silpat, 2 in apart.  Without cookie sheet, place the Silpat with cookie doughs on it directly on the baking rack sitting at bottom 2nd.  When using darker colored Silpat, the browning of bottom of the cookies are faster.

What is so good about this batch is the nice shiny crispy top layer.  Chewy center, nice browned bottom.

Myer Lemon-Glazed Catfish - BlueApron dish

This is our photo journal of one of BlueApron dish package we cooked.  

I couldn't eat the catfish but my family enjoyed it. 

Tripple Pork Mazemen - BlueApron Dish

Another evening of delicious dish from BlueApron that Mio made.