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Happy Valentine's Day: Brownie Recipe
Feb. 13th, 2016 06:48 pmI meant to post this recipe some time ago, shortly after I first mentioned it, but, see, a thing happened that's on the dog ate my homework scale of absolutely ridiculous.
Of all the ways that exist to keep recipes organized, the only one that seems to work for me is index cards and what has become a terribly overstuffed tin can of a filing box. But even those index cards can fail me, and certainly not on the scale that you'd expect.
Simply put, the index card with my Gluten Free Sugar Free Brownie recipe disappeared.
It's not in the box. It's not on the counter. It's not anywhere in the fucking house.
So, really, I had to use muscle memory to remember how to make the brownies. I created a new index card. And here it is, reproduced for Internet posterity, so that I never lose it again.
A note before you click through: the recipe was created after trying different online recipes, none of which were particularly appetizing, so I bastardized what I liked about some recipes and created a hybrid. The recipe can be classified as 100% gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy-free, soy-free, vegetarian, and paleo-friendly. I've made a few comments about adapting the recipe to compensate for further dietary restrictions toward the end.
Also, a friend of mine made these brownies with her daughter. At no stage of this did either of them think that they were making brownies. In fact, my friend's daughter said, "I don't think this is going to taste good." I received a photograph, much later, of my friend's daughter hoarding the nearly-empty pan of brownies and holding up an apology sign for doubting me. So please, don't worry about how gross the ingredients sound or how unappetizing it looks when you're making it. The brownies really, really are very good.
( Gluten-free Brownies )
Of all the ways that exist to keep recipes organized, the only one that seems to work for me is index cards and what has become a terribly overstuffed tin can of a filing box. But even those index cards can fail me, and certainly not on the scale that you'd expect.
Simply put, the index card with my Gluten Free Sugar Free Brownie recipe disappeared.
It's not in the box. It's not on the counter. It's not anywhere in the fucking house.
So, really, I had to use muscle memory to remember how to make the brownies. I created a new index card. And here it is, reproduced for Internet posterity, so that I never lose it again.
A note before you click through: the recipe was created after trying different online recipes, none of which were particularly appetizing, so I bastardized what I liked about some recipes and created a hybrid. The recipe can be classified as 100% gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy-free, soy-free, vegetarian, and paleo-friendly. I've made a few comments about adapting the recipe to compensate for further dietary restrictions toward the end.
Also, a friend of mine made these brownies with her daughter. At no stage of this did either of them think that they were making brownies. In fact, my friend's daughter said, "I don't think this is going to taste good." I received a photograph, much later, of my friend's daughter hoarding the nearly-empty pan of brownies and holding up an apology sign for doubting me. So please, don't worry about how gross the ingredients sound or how unappetizing it looks when you're making it. The brownies really, really are very good.
( Gluten-free Brownies )
