I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies - updated
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I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies - updated
I updated the recipe with some additions and changes. I made this for the 4th of July and everybody loved it.
I substituted the chocolate in a brownie recipe with a condensed blueberry syrup I made using fresh blueberries. It retains the brownie texture, although it is a little more cake-like. But, the surprising thing was that it tastes really good! Bluies have a very intense blueberry flavor. Here's what I did.
Ingredients:
2 generous cups fresh blueberries washed and stemmed
grated rind of one lemon
1 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 heaping cup of flour
1 1/2 cups generous walnut halves toasted in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Crush with your hand before adding to the batter
Method:
In a large sauce pan on medium heat, cook the berries for about 5 minutes until they start to burst open. Gently smash them using a fork or potato masher. Hot berries can squirt hot juice on you! Reduce the heat a little and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, or until most all of the liquid has evaporated and you have a thick syrup. Make sure this is thick or you won't get enough of a real blueberry flavor. If you stir the blueberries, you should see the bottom of the pot and the syrup will not flow back to fill it in. That's when it is ready. Add the lemon rind and stir just before you take it off the stove.
Immediately take off the heat and add the butter stirring to melt. When melted, add the sugars and stir to combine. After the sugars have been incorporated, the mixture should be cool enough to add the eggs. Add them one at a time mixing each one well into the batter. Then add the vanilla and lemon juice.
In a small bowl mix the flour, cinnamon, and salt with a fork to combine. Add the flour mixture all at once gently folding the flour into the mixture. When all combined, beat the mixture 60 o 80 strokes. Then add the toasted walnuts and stir to combine.
Pour into a prepared 8" square cake pan and bake at 350 for 45 to 60 minutes. Test as you would for brownies. Cool before cutting and serving.
And, you have BLUIES! The cake is deep purple all the way through. This was a neat experiment.
NOTE: unlike brownies, the Bluies didn't shrink back from the edge of the pan. I looked for an even "puff" across the top, plus I used a toothpick in the center and made sure it came out almost clean.
I substituted the chocolate in a brownie recipe with a condensed blueberry syrup I made using fresh blueberries. It retains the brownie texture, although it is a little more cake-like. But, the surprising thing was that it tastes really good! Bluies have a very intense blueberry flavor. Here's what I did.
Ingredients:
2 generous cups fresh blueberries washed and stemmed
grated rind of one lemon
1 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 heaping cup of flour
1 1/2 cups generous walnut halves toasted in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Crush with your hand before adding to the batter
Method:
In a large sauce pan on medium heat, cook the berries for about 5 minutes until they start to burst open. Gently smash them using a fork or potato masher. Hot berries can squirt hot juice on you! Reduce the heat a little and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, or until most all of the liquid has evaporated and you have a thick syrup. Make sure this is thick or you won't get enough of a real blueberry flavor. If you stir the blueberries, you should see the bottom of the pot and the syrup will not flow back to fill it in. That's when it is ready. Add the lemon rind and stir just before you take it off the stove.
Immediately take off the heat and add the butter stirring to melt. When melted, add the sugars and stir to combine. After the sugars have been incorporated, the mixture should be cool enough to add the eggs. Add them one at a time mixing each one well into the batter. Then add the vanilla and lemon juice.
In a small bowl mix the flour, cinnamon, and salt with a fork to combine. Add the flour mixture all at once gently folding the flour into the mixture. When all combined, beat the mixture 60 o 80 strokes. Then add the toasted walnuts and stir to combine.
Pour into a prepared 8" square cake pan and bake at 350 for 45 to 60 minutes. Test as you would for brownies. Cool before cutting and serving.
And, you have BLUIES! The cake is deep purple all the way through. This was a neat experiment.
NOTE: unlike brownies, the Bluies didn't shrink back from the edge of the pan. I looked for an even "puff" across the top, plus I used a toothpick in the center and made sure it came out almost clean.
Re: I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies
I noticed you didn't post this in the non-sugar thread.
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Corona wrote:I noticed you didn't post this in the non-sugar thread.

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Hey - these are seriously good! Nice change from brownies.
I wonder what else would work?
I wonder what else would work?
Re: I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies
I bet they are. I just see the more convenient side of capitalism making them available for me to buy instead of making them myself.
Re: I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies
No Dave...you gave us a recipe!I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies
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Re: I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies
Blue is ok, but it needs a little "green"


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Those sound great. I think I will try making them maybe this weekend.
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Post a pic.
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As requested . . .Charybdis wrote:Post a pic.

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abbi wrote:Those sound great. I think I will try making them maybe this weekend.

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Hey - now I'm famous. I created this recipe on Allrecipes.com.
http://allrecipes.com/PersonalRecipe/62 ... etail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/PersonalRecipe/62 ... etail.aspx
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Just made a batch of these for the 4th of July. Much easier than a blueberry pie!


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Re: I give you - BLUIES - Blue Brownies
Those look delicious, I love blueberries way more than I like chocolate, so does abbi.StarryNightDave wrote:Just made a batch of these for the 4th of July. Much easier than a blueberry pie!

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Are you serious? She made bluies and sent them to you?iamlookingup wrote:My sister-in-law (from Mechanicsburg, PA) sent a batch of these to us (in NC) this weekend!StarryNightDave wrote:Hey - now I'm famous. I created this recipe on Allrecipes.com.
http://allrecipes.com/PersonalRecipe/62 ... etail.aspx
How ironic!

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Yeah, really.iamlookingup wrote:My sister-in-law (from Mechanicsburg, PA) sent a batch of these to us (in NC) this weekend!StarryNightDave wrote:Hey - now I'm famous. I created this recipe on Allrecipes.com.
http://allrecipes.com/PersonalRecipe/62 ... etail.aspx
How ironic!


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iamlookingup wrote:My sister-in-law (from Mechanicsburg, PA) sent a batch of these to us (in NC) this weekend!StarryNightDave wrote:Hey - now I'm famous. I created this recipe on Allrecipes.com.
http://allrecipes.com/PersonalRecipe/62 ... etail.aspx
How ironic!


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Okay, one peanut butter and jelly sandwich is on the way.tattulip wrote:iamlookingup wrote:My sister-in-law (from Mechanicsburg, PA) sent a batch of these to us (in NC) this weekend!StarryNightDave wrote:Hey - now I'm famous. I created this recipe on Allrecipes.com.
http://allrecipes.com/PersonalRecipe/62 ... etail.aspx
How ironic!Wow! I wish someone would send me food!

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ConsrvYank1 wrote:Okay, one peanut butter and jelly sandwich is on the way.tattulip wrote:iamlookingup wrote:My sister-in-law (from Mechanicsburg, PA) sent a batch of these to us (in NC) this weekend!StarryNightDave wrote:Hey - now I'm famous. I created this recipe on Allrecipes.com.
http://allrecipes.com/PersonalRecipe/62 ... etail.aspx
How ironic!Wow! I wish someone would send me food!

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Hey - you can make a White Trash Monti Cristo. Deep fried PB&J.