Review: Easy to follow, great tips and recipes for chocolate goodness
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2013
This brownie cookbook is a good one.From the beginning of the book with its handy tips for brownie making and baking, to the unusual 'Peanut Butter Bacon Brownies' recipe, I enjoyed it.Recipes have fun intros with a conversational style that I found very pleasant to read.  Ingredients are clearly outlined, with nothing too fancy that you can't find at any local market.  Directions are numbered and clear, so that even a novice baker could be successful at making mouthwatering brownies.About 24 recipes in all, you get fun ones like Red Velvet Brownies, Apricot Brandy Brownies and Butt-Kickin' Chili Brownies, for the adventurous bakers, and a gluten-free recipe.  I liked the 4 Basic Brownie recipes as they give you choices in textures: Classic, Fudge, Chewy and Cake.I'm not sure why photos weren't all the way through, or why the 'Instant Brownie' addition was put into the book, or the brief 'Give the Gift of Brownies' blip, but I'll forgive those as the rest of the book is easy to follow, offers great tips and nice variations on basic brownies.