FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Recipe: Barb Schaller's Blue Ribbon Chocolate Cherry Amaretto Brownies

TammyM at wrote on 8/27/05 4:07 PM:

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> Whaddya think about frangelico 'steadathe amaretto? Hmmm. May just
> give it a shot....
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> TammyM

If you do Frangelico, use broken hazelnuts instead of almonds.
I don't think of cherry and hazelnuts together--cherries and almond, yes.
What fruit goes with hazelnuts? Hmmm....Dunno.
Might be good with cherries.

I dunno...when it comes to brownies, I am a purist. I don't want cherries, I
don't almond flavoring, I don't want coffee flavoring...I don't even want
PEANUT BUTTER! And I LOVE peanut butter with chocolate!!!!

I just want pure, deep, rich chocolate flavor, unadulterated by anything but
the occasional crunch of a toasted walnut or pecan!

I love chocolate, but not in EVERYTHING. I prefer vanilla ice cream, in
fact, but chocolate accents are good (fudge swirl, chocolate candies, choc.
covered nuts, etc). I don't like chocolate in pancakes or muffins. I don't
like chocolate chips in banana bread. I don't really like chocolate milk or
hot cocoa, either. When I crave chocolate, it's not just the flavor I crave,
it's the texture, I think. too. Fudgy brownies are probably my very favorite
way to eat chocolate. Followed closely by chocolate candy...like a
Hershey's Kiss, or a chocolate bar with almonds, I'm very big on pure
chocolate plus either some kind of nuts or peanut butter. Chocolate plus ONE
thing. Nuts. OR peanut butter. OR coconut. Or cookie of some sort (like a
Kit Kat) Or Caramel. Ok, exceptions to this would be a Snickers, or one of
those new Take 5 bars (wow, if that wasn't invented by a woman with PMS I
don't know what was!!!! Salty pretzel, topped with sweet caramel, peanut
butter, chopped peanuts for more salt and crunch, all topped off with a
layer of rich milk chocolate! Salty, sweet and crunchy all in one!!!). And
Almond Joy. But otherwise, I tend to go simple when it comes to chocolate.

This seems to be more and more as I get older. I also no longer like
"everything" pizza. I'm more appreciative now of a single topping (two at
the most, because I'm indecisive) pizza.

Anyway, I wouldn't turn down one of Barb's amazing Chocolate Cherry
Amaretto Brownies, I'm certain they would be delicious. I know I would like
them. But I'd probably have just one and go back to the basic boy brownies.
(with nuts). I just feel like brownies with walnuts are perfect without all
the other stuff.
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