Gleanings of Wheat

This is awesome looking, and really, who doesn't love strawberries & brownies? 1 box prepared brownie mix 1 jar of frosting fresh strawberries sucker sticks In a greased mini muffin tin, make the brownies. Remove, let cool on a wire rack. Frost. Stick a sucker stick through a strawberry and into a brownie bite. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Guess what I'm making today?!! Spicy Hot Brownies - 1 stick butter - 1 cup flour - 1/4 cup cocoa powder - 1 tsp cayenne pepper - 1 Tbsp cinnamon - 1/2 tsp baking powder - 1/2 tsp salt - 8 ounces dark chocolate - 1 1/4 cup sugar - 3 eggs - 1 tsp vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 9x9 pan with parchment. Melt chocolate and butter together, then allow to cool slightly. Mix all of the dry ingredients together in small bowl. Stir sugar, eggs, and vanilla into butter and chocolate. Add dry ingredients and stir until mixed. Pour into pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until toothpick has crumbs. Cool in pan, then remove and cut.

Well, I stumbled upon an interesting little post today. Here's the bulk of it: Researchers used pureed cooked cannelli beans to replace 25%, 50%, and 75% of the shortening in a brownie recipe. They also baked brownies without any beans. The resulting goodies were rated for looks, color, tenderness, texture, flavor, and overall acceptability by 120 untrained student, faculty, and staff volunteers. The 25% and 50% bean brownies were rated about the same overall as the 0% bean brownies (75% bean brownies were not as well received).