Sunday, December 09, 2012

Spiced Brownies on a Chilly Day

Today's baking homework is to make Spicy Brownies from the Baked Elements cookbook.  I'm a huge fan of making brownies and adding spices sound like a great way to give a new variation to them.  
 
I used to work at a restaurant where I had to bake brownies all the time. To make them more desirable, I would fry brownies in a cinnamon tempura batter, serve with vanilla gelato and caramel sauce.  People loved the classic brownie but adding something new helped set it apart.  I think that adding spices to these brownies have helped enhance the brownies to make them warmer and added more depth.

When payday arrives I am going to make a dent in my check at Penzeys Spices. The new place I live at doesn't have a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods and that makes me sad.
 
Starting my mise en place

Adding some extra chocolate chips

I love doing the swirl on top of brownies with back of a spoon
The cooling down part is the hardest for me

Fudgy center brownies= YUM
Now that my homework is done, I can eat brownies, have a glass of milk and catch up on some tv.  Thanks to Baked Sunday Mornings and Baked.

8 comments:

Chelly said...

Oh my gosh! Fried Brownies....really? Sounds over the top!

Bourbonnatrix said...

i wish i had some leftovers so i could deep fry them! oh my god!

baked on said...

Fried brownie??? That sounds great! And a bit Texas-State-Fair-ish! Your brownies look awesome! :)

Virginia Taylors said...

milk is the only way to go!!! I have to try frying up some of my left overs. Have you tried to make brownie bread pudding? That is great.

Sheri said...

Fried brownies? Yes, please!

Kris' Kitchen said...

I agree. These brownies are warm with more flavor depth...nice description. Not milk, but ice cream here for our brownies...and hot fudge sauce...and whipped cream...and caramel sauce...and....... but we've not done fried. Sounds like something we need to try.

Susan said...

I love that you call this "homework!" I'll tell you a secret, We didn't wait for them all to cool before eating some - I have no idea how people can resist warm brownies, or cookies!

Have Apron....Will Bake said...

Frying a brownie in a cinnamon tempura sounds awesome. Wow.