Article: Brownies better from scratch

For the longest time, I have loved boxed brownie mixes. All the ingredients are there, just mix, pour and bake, what is not to love? They always taste pretty good, they are cheap and usually sitting in my mom's cabinet (where I do most of my grocery shopping). Why change a good thing? I think my problem was that I just hadn't had a great brownie before. Oh, I've had decent brownies, brownies that are too rich or not rich enough-they all were just OK. And then I made some from scratch. Oh. My. Gosh. So good.

Let's back up first. There are two basic kinds of brownies you can make: those that are light and cake-like and those that are fudge-y and moist. The main differences between the ...

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