This post is a lesson in “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet”.
Last week one of the articles that came up on my news feed boasted making brownies with just two ingredients. If you have been reading my blog for long you probably know that I do a lot of home cooking and baking, and we love desserts, so I read the article/ recipe that called for just chocolate chips and eggs. I had both ingredients on hand and decided to give it a try.
I followed the instructions to melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler and to beat the eggs (I used an electric mixer to make sure they were completely beaten.) I let the chocolate chips cool a bit so they were not hot enough to cook the eggs when added. I added the chocolate slowly while using the mixer to combine them. When it was completely mixed and looked like brownie batter, I put the mixture in a baking pan that I had sprayed with cooking spray.
I baked it at 350 F for about 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted came out clean. It was cooling on the counter when my husband came in and said, “brownies, yumm.” I explained it was a new recipe and he said he was sure it would be good. “You always make good desserts,” he said.
After lunch we decided to try the brownies. When I cut them and took one out of the pan it looked dense and moist like a good brownie should. My husband’s first impression was good, and I agree they had good flavor, chocolaty and sweet like a brownie, but after a second bite he noticed they were dry. He was right the, even the good chocolaty flavor could not make up for the dry crumbly texture. They looked like brownies and tasted like brownies, but they lacked the dense, moist and even a bit gooey texture of a good brownie. I honestly would not even call these brownies.
So, if you happen to come across this recipe for two ingredient brownies my advice would be save your eggs for breakfast and eat a handful of chocolate chips for dessert. Don’t bother trying this recipe which is sure to disappoint any brownie lover.
Of course, you could choose not to believe this since you did read it on the internet. 🙂
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Its fun to try new things but I have had some epic fails too. Good thing my husband is such a good sport. He is my best ( and most honest ) critic and probably the reason I can cook the way I do 😊
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My husband is like that too.💞
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Yikes, Ruth! I think you were brave to try th
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Well, I did learn a lesson.
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👍🙂
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Thanks for the warning, Ruth! I may have been tempted to try the recipe because I love brownies (who doesn’t?) but would have been curious enough to attempt the lower sugar, lack of flour version.
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Happy to help. If you can learn from my mistake that makes me feel better. 🙂
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I am very suspicious of recipes I see online, especially if they are too easy!
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I usually read recipe reviews before trying recipes I find online. There were no reviews on this. I should have known better.
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Very amusing. I wouldn’t be tempted to try a two-ingredient Brownie.
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You are wise!
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You warned me, and I’m listening to you.
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That was a cute story Ruth and I did laugh at the last line about reading it on the internet. So much for these “hacks” you see sometimes.
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Thanks, Linda. It was a waste of time and ingredients. I hope to warn others who might be tempted to try it.
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Well “live and learn” as the saying goes Ruth. I’d have been tempted to do that too … two ingredients for delicious brownies sounds great.
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