Brownies from scratch today! |
10 T (1 ¼ sticks) butter
1 ¼ C sugar
¾ C unsweetened cocoa powder
2 t water
1 t vanilla
¼ t salt (generous)
2 large eggs, chilled
1/3 C plus 1 T unbleached flour
1 C walnut pieces
Position rack in bottom third of oven
Preheat
oven to 325
Line
8x8 pan with aluminum foil and coat with nonstick spray
Melt
butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
Continue
cooking until butter stops foaming and browned bits form at bottom of the pan,
stirring often, about 5 minutes.
Remove
from heat and immediately add sugar, cocoa, 2 t of water, vanilla, and ¼ t
(generous) of salt.
Stir
to blend.
Let
cool 5 minutes (mixture will still be hot).
Add
eggs to hot mixture 1 at a time, beating vigorously to blend after each.
When
mixture looks thick and shiny, add flour and stir until blended.
Beat
vigorously 60 strokes.
Add
walnuts.
Transfer
to prepared pan.
Bake
until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean (with a few moist
crumbs attached), about 25 minutes. Cool pan on rack. Using foil lift brownies
from pan. Cut 4 by 4.
OK, here's what else we've been doing:
Mt. St. Helens
Olympia, WA - Wooden Boat Festival
Astoria, OR and Cape Disappointment, WA
Vancouver, WA farmers market
Mt. Hood and Timberline Lodge
Cascade Dining Room at Timberline Lodge |
Timberline Lodge lobby |
Timberline Lodge staircase |
Hiking ...
with my good friend Carolyn.
Bird watching
Biking - We are living on Dike Access Rd. which runs along the top of a dike between the Columbia River and farming land (corn, raspberries, grass, cattle). It's a level ride for several miles. Along the way we've seen many bald eagles and an elk that has joined the local cattle herd.
Driving in and out of Portland three times to get our computer fixed. Now we have doubled the size of our hard drive to accommodate all these photographs.
Great photos of a cool adventure. I am interested in getting some info on the hiking stick Carolyn is using. On my last hike, I realized I really need a good hiking stick.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I would like info on your choice of binoculars for bird watching. Feel free to send email to jerry at waggintailsrv dot com, or you can send me a comment though our blog.