Giant Brownie
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Chocolate brownie mix and chocolate chips are baked into a large square brownie. The original account follows the preparation and finished school treat.
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First the Ingredients: 4 boxes of brownie mix (£1.99 each) 4 eggs (90p ish) 300ml water (free) Estimated cost: £8.86
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It measured in at about 24cm by 24cm.
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Giant Brownie: the archived recipe
Condensed from the original account by George Clarke, published 2007-02-22. The quantities and method are the contributor’s; this is not a new kitchen test.
Ingredients recorded
- 4 boxes of brownie mix, with their chocolate drops (the photograph shows 480 g Cadbury Milk Chocolate Chunk boxes)
- 4 eggs
- 300 ml water
The account measures the mix by the box and gives no weight; the 480 g marking is read from the boxes in the ingredient photograph, not from the text. The chocolate drops are not listed separately, which suggests they came with the mixes. The estimated cost in the account was £8.86.
Method recorded
- Empty 2 of the boxed mixes into a mixing bowl, add 2 of the eggs and 150 ml of the water, and mix.
- Stir in half of the chocolate drops, pour the mixture into the baking dish and sprinkle the remaining drops on top.
- Repeat with the second 2 boxes, the other 2 eggs and the remaining 150 ml of water, again stirring in half the drops.
- Pour the second mixture on top of the first and sprinkle the rest of the drops over it.
- Bake at 165 degrees Celsius in a fan oven for 55 minutes, checking occasionally so it does not burn.
- Cool, then move to a plate; the contributor’s brownie measured about 24 cm by 24 cm.
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The original account
I decided to make the giant brownie because I didn’t think it had been done
before.(also partly so I could take it into school and eat it in my electronics class with my cool class)
First the Ingredients:
4 boxes of brownie mix (£1.99 each)
4 eggs (90p ish)
300ml water (free)
Estimated cost: £8.86
Firstly I took 2 of the boxed mixes and emptied them into a mixing bowl,
added 2 of the eggs and 150ml of the water.
Then I mixed it all up and added half of the chocolate drops.
I poured the mixture into the baking dish and sprinkled the remaining
chocolate drops on top.
Then I emptied the second boxed mixes and emptied them into a mixing bowl,
added the second 2 eggs and 150ml of the water. Then I mixed it all up again and added half of the chocolate drops.
I poured the mixture into the baking dish on top of the other mixture and
sprinkled the remaining chocolate drops on top.
The I place it in the oven at 165 degrees Celsius for a fan oven and cooked
if for 55mins checking it occasionally to prevent it burning. When it was
done I took it out, let it cool and put it on a plate.
It measured in at about 24cm by 24cm.
I hope you have enjoyed looking at the photos as much as I did making it and
then eating it in school with my electronics class.
