| Love these, too! I will bake one 8 x 8 pan and put walnuts on top of 1/3 (imagining three rows), then bake. When they are cooled, I cut them into 9 pieces so that 1/3 have the walnuts on top, then I dust 1/3 with 10x sugar, then I have 1/3 left plain. Arrange on a platter and serve. They look so pretty. |
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We do a double batch in a 9x12 pan so that they are extra thick. When they come out run a plastic knife around the end d immediately so they shrink inwards and you don’t get that weird ridge on the edge.
Plain is good but I also like them topped with vanilla or cream cheese frosting. At Christmas sometimes we do some with crushed candy canes. |
| Top with fleur de sel salt |
Not everyone is neurotic. Even though, reading DCUM, it might seem like it. |
+1 why mess with a good thing? Maybe if you’re feeling fancy, powdered sugar on top? |
+2. Make them exactly according to the box. NO NUTS! Nuts ruin brownies. I just brought Ghiradelli Double Chocolate brownies to a potluck/bbq on Saturday and they were the first thing to go. I bake for one minute less than the directions say and cut them into one-inch-ish square pieces. People like bite size when there are a lot of choices. |
Err on the side of underdone. |
+1 |
So much this! Please don’t ruin beautiful fudgy brownies with nuts of any kind. |
I LOVE walnuts in brownies. I find the texture of brownies to be kind of boring without some crunch. |
| Butter instead of oil but otherwise the mix is perfect |
I learned something today! Thank you! |
| Careful to slightly under bake so that they are fudge-like. Mmmmm |
| these are always fudge like. i have never had one that was properly cooked all the way. |
I cut them hot with a plastic knife to make nice cuts. They can be crumbly is you wait. I do not know why the plastic matters but it does. |