I just had this urge to bake some brownies today. Hubby bought a box of Pilsbury Chocolate Walnut Brownie Mix and it’s sitting pretty inside the kitchen cabinet. I’ve not baked brownies for a long time. As it’s the weekend and i’m not going anywhere, the kids will be thrilled with the brownie.
Here, you can see my brand new Foodbuzz scraper (is that what you call it?). Thank you, Foodbuzz. There’s an apron too, but i’m not wearing it. Too precious, lol. All the contents of the box emptied into to Philips Cucina Mixer’s mixing bowl and i’m ready to go.
I used two eggs instead of one this time. According to the instructions on the back of the box, this will yield a more cake-like texture. I have to bake it for an extra ten minutes or so. The last time i baked this Pilsbury Brownie Mix, it got burnt slightly at the top. So, i covered the 8×8 Pyrex Bowl with aluminium foil.
The Chocolate Brownie was still somewhat undercooked when i took it out of the Philips Toaster Oven. As Malcolm couldnt wait to eat it, i cut some of the cooked part for him and placed it back into the toaster oven for a further ten minutes uncovered. Here’s my happy kid enjoying the brownie that his Cooking Mama made.
It’s easy to bake Brownies in a toaster oven. It can be done with slight adjustments as each toaster oven i different. You just have to learn how yours work and make the most out of it. It wont be as good as a conventional oven, but on a scale of 1 to 10, i’ll give it an 8. Fair enough? Your turn to give it a try.
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November 10, 2008 - 1:08 am
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I promised Gordon i’ll bake brownies for him today. His eyes gleamed the moment i took the box of Pillsbury Brownie Mix out from the kitchen cabinet. I love the gooey, chewy and moist feel of brownies and would always order a piece whenever i dine at Secret Recipe or Coffee Bean.
Not many ingredients to prepare also. I have the Pillsbury Brownie Mix. Got an egg out of the fridge, 3 tablespoonful of water and also 1/4 cup of oil. I didnt use my organic extra virgin olive oil this time. Just what my MIL use for her daily cooking.
But i used my new transfat-free olive oil spread to grease the Pyrex dish though, lol. I’m using the 8 x 8 inch Pyrex dish for my brownie. Dont have those non-stick metal baking pans.
Here are the contents of the Pillsbury Brownie mix. There’s another with chocolate chunks in it. But i bought this cos i dig the walnuts. I will buy the other on my next trip to Cold Storage.
Nice or not the walnuts. Damn, i should have roasted them a bit before i add them to the mix. Next round…. IF i remember…
Yayaya, wanna show off my Philips Cucina Mixer again. Dumped everything into it and mixed it on low. It still requires hand mixing after i stopped the machine as the base didnt get mixed well enough.
All the mixed contents well spread out in the Pyrex dish.
And into the pre-heated Philips Toaster Oven it goes. The baking instructions calls for 24 – 26 minutes at 350 deg Fahrenheit. I used 175 deg Celcius.
The back part was slightly burnt as the interior of the oven slanted downwards and the heat is more intense there. It’s only a toaster oven, k. It can only do so much. Maybe i put it nearer to the door next time. But it takes ages to cool inside the Pyrex dish. I’ve no idea how long it took cos i went to the organic store right after i took it out of the oven.
And here’s a piece of very sinful but not overly sweet Brownie from me. Not much left now. I saved a piece for Gordon’s tea tomorrow. Have a bite. Yummmmmm…….
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December 1, 2007 - 11:30 pm
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