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June 24, 2010
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S’mores-Stuffed Brownies :)

My friend’s automatic reaction when he heard this name: “Wait… How do you get s’mores inside the brownies??” 

Hahah.  Well, I found this mouth-watering concoction on Picky Palate (a food blog I recently discovered — and have recently fallen in love with).  This recipe is absolutely genius!  

The brownie has 5 layers (from bottom up):
(1) brownie
(2) graham cracker
(3) Hershey’s milk chocolate
(4) marshmallows
(5) brownie.  

Yep, s’mores are literally sandwiched between two brownie layers!  

Result?  Utter deliciousness. :)

This recipe resulted in a really moist, dense, super-sweet brownie.  The only problem I had was the top brownie layer not cooking all the way through in the center of the pan.  I discovered this when I started slicing the center brownies, and batter started flooding toward everywhere.  If I had baked it any longer to accommodate the top brownie layer, the bottom brownie layer would’ve been over-baked and dry.  So, next time, instead of dividing the batter evenly between the top and bottom brownie layers, I’d definitely go for about 3/4 of the batter on the bottom and 1/4 on top. 

These brownies are really fun and easy to make — and did I mention how absolutely delicious they are??  You can either make the brownie layers from scratch, or you can use brownie mix (no shame; brownie mix is awesome). 

So, if you have the ingredients to make these (s’mores stuff + brownie mix), I recommend you make them immediately.  If you don’t have the ingredients, well, you might want to rush to the nearest grocery store and get them. :)

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December 20, 2009
Day 6 of 12: S’Mores Cookies :) So, I have another confession to make. I like to think of myself as a person who generally likes to eat healthy (just ignore all of the sugar and butter I’ve been flooding this blog with).  I try to avoid anything deep-fried, greesey, or fatty, and I love my fruits and vegetables.  But, there’s one thing that I just can’t help but enjoy eating: SPAM. I love SPAM.  Pan-fried SPAM.  With a slice of toasted french bread.  Sometimes with some thick slices of sharp cheddar cheese.  I’ve kind of grown up eating SPAM.  Every Sunday morning in high school, my mom would get me to drive to Safeway to buy a freshly baked loaf of french bread.  Meanwhile, she would be at home cooking up some SPAM.  Once I got home, we would devour the bread and SPAM together over good conversation. :)  I’ll always love my SPAM and french bread, no matter how unhealthy (and mysterious) it is.  At least I don’t eat it everyday, right? Anyway.. On to the cookies. :) I’ve tried making s’mores cookies before, and they were pretty tasty.  I totally forgot about the whole concept until I stumbled over Lovin’ From The Oven’s recent post about s’mores cookies.  I used the recipe she posted for the cookie dough, but I tweaked the incorporation of marshmallows and Hershey’s chocolate a little bit.  Instead of adding chocolate chips into the cookie dough, I mixed in the chunks of Hershey’s milk chocolate into it.  For my first batch, I mixed the mini marshmallows directly into the dough as well.  That was a bad idea.  The marshmallows ended up just caramelizing into the dough (I really should’ve seen this coming).  So, for my last few batches, I baked the cookies for about 8 minutes, pulled them out and smooshed the marshmallows into each cookie, then baked the cookies for about 2 more minutes until the cookies were fully cooked. Result?  These things are delicious!  The cookies turned out to be really thin, but they’re perfectly soft and chewy.  AND, they taste exactly like s’mores. :)  I have to admit, these aren’t the most aesthetically pleasing cookies ever.  Honestly, I think they look absolutely insane.  But hey, they taste good!  My brother and grandmother both really enjoyed these cookies.  I’m excited for my other taste-testers to taste them! Speaking of.. Guess who just got home a few hours ago? My best friend, MY BROTHER.  I’m so excited!  We haven’t seen each other since August, but I swear nothing’s changed.  I love being at home with him.  Only more great times in store for the rest of winter break… :)

Day 6 of 12: S’Mores Cookies :)

So, I have another confession to make.

I like to think of myself as a person who generally likes to eat healthy (just ignore all of the sugar and butter I’ve been flooding this blog with).  I try to avoid anything deep-fried, greesey, or fatty, and I love my fruits and vegetables.  But, there’s one thing that I just can’t help but enjoy eating:

SPAM.

I love SPAM.  Pan-fried SPAM.  With a slice of toasted french bread.  Sometimes with some thick slices of sharp cheddar cheese.  I’ve kind of grown up eating SPAM.  Every Sunday morning in high school, my mom would get me to drive to Safeway to buy a freshly baked loaf of french bread.  Meanwhile, she would be at home cooking up some SPAM.  Once I got home, we would devour the bread and SPAM together over good conversation. :)  I’ll always love my SPAM and french bread, no matter how unhealthy (and mysterious) it is.  At least I don’t eat it everyday, right?

Anyway.. On to the cookies. :)

I’ve tried making s’mores cookies before, and they were pretty tasty.  I totally forgot about the whole concept until I stumbled over Lovin’ From The Oven’s recent post about s’mores cookies.  I used the recipe she posted for the cookie dough, but I tweaked the incorporation of marshmallows and Hershey’s chocolate a little bit.  Instead of adding chocolate chips into the cookie dough, I mixed in the chunks of Hershey’s milk chocolate into it.  For my first batch, I mixed the mini marshmallows directly into the dough as well.  That was a bad idea.  The marshmallows ended up just caramelizing into the dough (I really should’ve seen this coming).  So, for my last few batches, I baked the cookies for about 8 minutes, pulled them out and smooshed the marshmallows into each cookie, then baked the cookies for about 2 more minutes until the cookies were fully cooked.

Result?  These things are delicious!  The cookies turned out to be really thin, but they’re perfectly soft and chewy.  AND, they taste exactly like s’mores. :)  I have to admit, these aren’t the most aesthetically pleasing cookies ever.  Honestly, I think they look absolutely insane.  But hey, they taste good!  My brother and grandmother both really enjoyed these cookies.  I’m excited for my other taste-testers to taste them!

Speaking of.. Guess who just got home a few hours ago?

My best friend, MY BROTHER.  I’m so excited!  We haven’t seen each other since August, but I swear nothing’s changed.  I love being at home with him.  Only more great times in store for the rest of winter break… :)

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