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Article: Trial and error leads to the perfect brownie.(Food)(Lean & lovin' it)(Recipe)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 23, 2008
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Byline: Don Mauer
After chocolate chip cookies, brownies may be America's favorite.
As an article in Cook's Country pointed out, most brownie recipes begin with a stick of butter. That's right, a quarter- pound; 99 percent of its 810 calories come from fat.
For many brownies, melted unsweetened chocolate makes a brownie, well, a brownie. For James Beard, America's cookery dean, that means 2 to 4 ounces for his classic brownies. But if you use Beard's high end of the range, you get a hefty 581 calories and almost 61 fat grams. Add 2 cups sugar (1,548 calories) and it's no wonder we love these little confections so much.
For years, brownies have been a personal ...
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