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dsrtaoElizabear told me to follow a recipe, and cautioned me against experimenting. Well, I couldn't do that.
We'll see how this comes out.
micromelt in your microfriend:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 stick butter
beat in a big bowl:
4 eggs
pinch salt
big squirt vanilla
slowly add 1 cup sugar to the beaten egg mess
then beat in half a cup of flour
then the somewhat-cooled-and-unlikely-to-seize-the-eggs chocolate butter.
then another half cup of flour.
Into a greased 9x13 pan, 350 oven, 25 minutes. We will see.
The Joy of Cooking specifies one-third as much chocolate, but unsweetened; also, they put in 2 cups of sugar. Otherwise the same. Although I always hope that some overly-rigid recipe follower has conniptions at the notion of a 'big squirt' of vanilla.
I did not put in nuts, but I also did not put in cinnamon, whiskey, or orange zest, all of which came to mind. So I have been moderate.
[LATER: I should have put in cinnamon or orange. Chocolatey, dense cake, not too sweet. Reduce the flour a little?]
The house is starting to smell chocolate. I wish the kids weren't sick and we could go to the party, but Z is now snoring like a walrus and E is droopy.
[LATER: Z slept through the entire game. E spewed chunks before halftime. Sigh.]
We'll see how this comes out.
micromelt in your microfriend:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 stick butter
beat in a big bowl:
4 eggs
pinch salt
big squirt vanilla
slowly add 1 cup sugar to the beaten egg mess
then beat in half a cup of flour
then the somewhat-cooled-and-unlikely-to-seize-the-eggs chocolate butter.
then another half cup of flour.
Into a greased 9x13 pan, 350 oven, 25 minutes. We will see.
The Joy of Cooking specifies one-third as much chocolate, but unsweetened; also, they put in 2 cups of sugar. Otherwise the same. Although I always hope that some overly-rigid recipe follower has conniptions at the notion of a 'big squirt' of vanilla.
I did not put in nuts, but I also did not put in cinnamon, whiskey, or orange zest, all of which came to mind. So I have been moderate.
[LATER: I should have put in cinnamon or orange. Chocolatey, dense cake, not too sweet. Reduce the flour a little?]
The house is starting to smell chocolate. I wish the kids weren't sick and we could go to the party, but Z is now snoring like a walrus and E is droopy.
[LATER: Z slept through the entire game. E spewed chunks before halftime. Sigh.]
