Duet: Chocolate Chip Brownies / Ray LaMontagne “Gossip in the Grain”

Dessert, Duet, Folk/Indie | 14 comments

The food: Brownies are either great or awful, and most of that depends on personal taste. People who like their brownies cakey rather than gooey are probably good people, but I just don’t understand them. For my money, a brownie shouldn’t bother calling itself such unless it is nearly batter-like, but with a perfectly crisp crust. After plenty of trial and error, I’m happy to say I’ve come up with a recipe that meets my very particular demands. Plus, the chocolate chips add creamy goodness when warm and crunchy bite when cool. This is over-the-top chocolate that also happens to be the perfect foundation for a brownie sundae.

Chocolate Chip Brownie

The music: Chocolate screams romance…or PMS. Either way, the perfect soundtrack is the moody and seductive Ray LaMontagne and his third album, 2008’s “Gossip in The Grain.” It kicks off with “You Are the Best Thing,” a fairly upbeat love song, but quickly transitions into “Let it Be Me” and the soulful, melancholy sound for which LaMontange is known. Feeling madly in love? This pairing makes delicious foreplay. Hate the opposite sex and want to wallow in your sorrow? This pairing feels your pain. Either way, you can’t go wrong.

Ray LaMontagne album

Want more chocolate dessert ideas? Try my recipes for Moist Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Covered Strawberry Truffles, too.

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Chocolate Chip Brownies

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 12 bars

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla
  • 1 ½ sticks butter, melted
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Using stand or hand mixer, beat eggs until fluffy.
  3. Add sugars, beat until mixed.
  4. Add cocoa powder, flour, vanilla, butter, salt. Beat until mixed.
  5. Stir in chocolate chips.
  6. Pour into greased 8x8 or similar pan.
  7. Bake 40-45 minutes, until toothpick stuck in center comes out clean.
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  3. Duet: Triple Chocolate Crispy Treats / Go-Go’s “Beauty and the Beat”
  4. Chocolate Covered Strawberry Truffles / Simon and Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water”

14 Comments

  1. Jodie Fitz
    Jodie Fitz on January 13, 2015 at 7:23 am

    Looking yummy!

  2. Becky
    Becky on January 13, 2015 at 7:25 am

    Thank you so much for reading! I’m glad we’ve connected on social sites. I hope to learn a lot from you.

  4. Becky
    Becky on January 13, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    Thanks for reading and for hosting the Scoop. I had fun and will be back! Becky

  5. naptimecreationsemily
    naptimecreationsemily on January 14, 2015 at 12:06 am

    Looks yummy!! What a fun combo… food and music!!

  6. Becky
    Becky on January 14, 2015 at 7:02 am

    Thanks for coming by and for the kind words. They say write what you love, and this blog combines my two favorite hobbies. I have a hard time separating food from music. I hope you’ll be back. Thanks! Beck

  7. whiskandshout
    whiskandshout on January 14, 2015 at 5:58 pm

    You’re so right about the cakey v gooey debacle… I just don’t quite understand the cakey brownie fans. Love both of the topics, food and music are probably my two fave things!

  8. Becky
    Becky on January 14, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    THank you for checking out the site. I’m glad to hear there are others who love music and food as much as I do! They go together perfectly, in my humble opinion. I hope you’ll keep in touch via social media and on this blog. I look forward to getting to know you and your blog better! Thanks for reading, Becky

  9. Meaghan | Cook. Craft. Love.
    Meaghan | Cook. Craft. Love. on January 15, 2015 at 8:14 pm

    These brownies look like perfection! I’m with you, I don’t get those cake brownie people at all…

  10. Becky
    Becky on January 15, 2015 at 8:18 pm

    Thank you, Meaghan. Glad you stopped by and I hope we can connect on social media. Becky

  11. mypapercraze
    mypapercraze on January 15, 2015 at 10:46 pm

    Oh my goodness, Becky! I love brownies and this recipe looks amazing! So glad you found our blog and we can hook up! Look forward to seeing more of you and your fabulous food + music!

  12. Becky
    Becky on January 16, 2015 at 9:05 am

    Thank you for visiting and reading! I hope we can connect on social media and keep in touch. Becky

  13. Carlee @cookingwithcarlee
    Carlee @cookingwithcarlee on January 26, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    You are talking my language with these brownies! Nice and gooey with a little crust is the way to go. Now I am hungry!

  14. Becky
    Becky on January 26, 2015 at 7:15 pm

    We are brownie compatriots! Glad you stopped by to check out the blog.

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