These brownies were voted the number one favorite dessert.
Well, it was just my family voting, but these brownies were voted number one. The recipe is basically Ruth Reichl’s Artpark Brownies with a few minor changes. And in case you don’t know who Ruth Reichl is, she was the editor in chief for Gourmet magazine until it ended publication in 2009.
Here is my version of these delicious brownies.
Blue Ribbon Brownies
2/3 cup butter
5 ounces unsweetened, best quality chocolate
2 tablespoons Godiva’s Chocolate Cream Liqueur
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 cup sifted flour
1 cup chopped walnuts
· Preheat oven to 400o.
· Butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan.
· Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler, over boiling water. When melted, add Godiva’s Chocolate Cream and set aside.
· Beat eggs and salt in mixer. Add sugar and beat at high speed for about 10 minutes, or until the mixture is quite white.
· Add chocolate and butter mixture and beat at low speed, just until mixed. Add flour and combine quickly until there are no white streaks. Fold in walnuts.
· Pour batter into baking pan and put in oven. Immediately turn oven down to 350o and bake for 40 minutes. (The normal toothpick test will not work on these brownies, but if you want to try pricking them with a toothpick, it should come out not quite clean.) Do not overbake; these brownies should be fudgy. Note: Yield: 12 brownies. Best served warm with ice cream. I dusted these with powdered sugar before I served them.
Did you see the special ingredient? I add this to anything chocolate that I make.
And , did you notice the feed sack towel on the table?
Yup, it’s the one from Target. Honey at 2805 alerted the blog world to these towels, here, High Street Cottage mentioned them here, Charm Bracelet Diva here, and several other blogs have also posted about them. (If you posted about them and I forgot to mention you, let me know, ’cause I am forgetting someone.) (Stephanie just “outed” me. She is the person I forgot. Stephanie writes The Southern Charm Cottage blog. It was actually her blog post that first alerted me to the towels. Click here to see her post. My apologies Stephanie!! I owe you a brownie!!)
And if you haven’t gotten yours already, it may be too late. I hear a lot of Target stores are already out.
The vintage silver forks and linen napkins are from my MIL.
The crystal pitcher and stems are also from the same.
The brownie plate is a fairly new Spode plate.
The dessert plates are vintage Blue Ridge hand-painted plates made by Southern Pottery.
I could write more, but if I don’t grab a brownie now, there won’t be any left for me.
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Those brownies look so yummy…I make mine from scratch using Ghirardelli cocoa powered. Your table setting is beautiful as well!
Oh, my you had me at Godiva Chocolate Creme Liqueur.
These do look delicious and I bet they are reading the ingredients…I believe this Chocolate Cream Liqueur gives that special taste…love the table as well!!! Looks inviting!
They sure look YUMMY Anita! The whole display is perfect! Martina
Those look delicious!
Okay, okay, that brownie recipe in on the top of my new recipes to try!! They look wonderful!! and yes I noticed the feed sack, the crystal and the plates!!! All lovely! next week I AM GOING TO GET MY HOUSE BLOG GOING!!! Till next time. Praying you get some rain.
Blessings
Brownies are the one thing I can cook and can’t seem to stop munching on. I’m scared to even enter Target after seeing these pretties everywhere. Don’t need to spend money now and it would be one more thing to pack!
Brenda
Save me a brownie – they look yummy! Love the little plates. I do know how much your MIL loved linen napkins.
Wow, those look yummy and no wonder with that secret ingredient. I love that stuff, just finished off a bottle a while back and need to get more. It’s great just trickled over vanilla ice cream.
Hi lovely lady.
Im looking at your Brownies right now and eating ever one so yummy.
Your little plates are so sweet. I will eat them off the big plate Ok.
I would like to thank yoy so much for your sweet comments on my new fall tablescape.
I hope you have a great week.
XXOO Diane
I had posted my Target did not have the towels…drats!
Great blueridge plates. My husband does not like desert except for brownine..will have to try them
I’ve been known to throw some coffee into my brownie mix, but I think you are on to something magical with the Godiva Chocolate Creme Liquor…it sounds devilishly good! Thanks for note about the towels at Target..I would never have thought to look for them there!
Delicious!! How these are making my mouth water at 6;45am!! Would love to have one with my coffee right now! Thanks for sharing such a delicious, rich dessert.. oh, and I love the table setting as well, beautiful!!
I am drooling all over my key board.What a great idea to add the godiva liqueur. Where do you get it? It is something I have not seen in any store here in Utah.
I got it at the liquor store. So I don’t know how it works in Utah, do they even sell alcohol there, ha ha??
You had me at brownies! I got the tea towel from Target too – posted about them recently. I’m using two back-to-back for a table runner!
If I had a gold ribbon I’d give you that too. Yum Hugs and sincere wishes for a weekend filled with joy, Katherine
What I wouldn’t give for one of those brownies right now! Such a pretty table too. Thanks for your nice comment on my camera decision. I did get one…a Canon Rebel. I haven’t used it yet but hope to this weekend. Have a good one!
Yummy! This is a lovely post! Your pictures are beautiful. I saw the Target items, but didn’t buy them and they have never been in stock again! Your brownies sound fabulous!
Hey, Anita! I recognized the Blue Ridge plates immediately. My Mom, my sister and I all have quite a collection of various pieces. My Mom’s collection is HUGE!!! But they are such great pieces. Microwave and Dishwasher safe, too, way before either one was common. And they’re beautiful!
And those brownies look amazing. YUM! YUM! YUM!
Brownies are a regular feature around HFTS. Yours look delicious. I’ll have to try this.
Happy Sunday ~ Sarah
I am a sucker for brownies. And, those would sucker me in, in a second. They look so moist and chocolately and well, you get the picture…. save me one!!
Your brownies look and sound scrumptious! Thanks for sharing your recipe, Godiva chocolate liqueur, yummy!
Nancy