Double Chocolate Brownies (Pg 287)

I had a guest baker today! My lovely friend, Sarah, joined me to help with the baking. We got a lot of baking done, and she even brought coffee for my Mom, so I think Sarah will be helping me a lot more in the future.

I was especially thankful for Sarah's help because I was making brownies. I don't have a good track record with brownies. The only ones I've ever made were back in December when I first started this blog and they weren't very successful. The Cream Cheese Swirl Blondies were definitely nothing to write home about, and I really didn't understand the instructions on preparing the baking pan and I made quite a mess.

Of course, since I was dreading preparing the baking pan, and I had someone to help me, I delegated that task to Sarah, and she did a great job. She's apparently made a lot of brownies before and she was very precise in cutting the parchment paper and fitting it neatly into the bottom and buttering everything. I learned from her that this 2 inch overhang of parchment paper isn't really necessary. I was very happy, because that was the part that had given me so much trouble and had made such a mess. I will never do it again. Future brownie pans will not have any such 2 inch overhang of parchment paper, I'm sorry. Look how much nicer it is this way:

The brownies came out really really delicious. I mean, I don't think double chocolate can ever go wrong, especially at a certain time of month for us ladies, right? But seriously, these are really great. I gave most of them away and I really regret it. I keep thinking about all their rich chocolatey goodness. I've been dreaming about them.

I guess I need to make more.

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