blake murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:38:01 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:

>> And that probability would be . . . 1 in 1000? 1 in 100,000?
>>
>> Aye, there's the rub.
>
> christ, do you want to live forever? what do you wear when you leave
> the house? there are meteorites everywhere.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Mark has his tinfoil hat, so no worries there, blake....

OBFood: Gonna have these at the weekend....

Barb Schaller's Famous Orgasmic Chocolate Brownies

1 cup unsalted butter (8 oz)
4 ozs unsweetened baking chocolate
2 cups granulated sugar (15 oz)
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
1 cup chopped nuts, optional (walnuts or pecans)
1 1/3 cups cake flour (6 oz)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

In microwave oven, on medium-high power, melt butter and chocolate in
2-quart microwave-safe bowl, about 3 minutes. Stir until smooth. Mix in
granulated sugar, then beat in eggs, one at a time, with wire whisk. Mix
in vanilla and almond. Stir in nuts. Combine cake flour, baking powder,
and salt and fold into chocolate. Spread batter in 9x13" pan lined with
baking parchment and bake in preheated oven at 350°F for about 33-35
minutes. Do not overbake; toothpick may have fudgy crumbs on it, but not
wet batter.

Notes: First Place, Plain Brownies, 1997 Minnesota State Fair. Adapted
from recipe in Cook's Illustrated magazine, March/April 1994. Please
note that I do use real chocolate, unsalted butter and cake flour. If
you do not, don't complain to me about it. And I don't believe the
nutritional analysis at the bottom of this page!

Per serving (excluding unknown items): 197 Calories; 12g Fat (51%
calories from fat); 2g Protein; 23g Carbohydrate; 58mg Cholesterol; 72mg
Sodium Food Exchanges: 1/2 Starch/Bread; 2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy