One of my most favourite things ever is freshly home made chocolate brownies. If they are still warm, so much the better. I'm not sure what exactly has it so float my boat. Maybe the combination of taste (chocolate with chocolate chunks - but I'm not so keen on chocolate cookies with chunks, I'd rather have vanilla cookies with chocolate chunks) and texture. The squidgy bit but also the crispy edge. It really is my idea of heaven. And maybe it's because I also associate it with heavenly experiences. My first encounter with fresh-from-the-oven loveliness was Pru's cafe at greenbelt, already the highlight of my year, so the brownie became the cherry on the cake, so to speak. Cherries might work in brownies. I once made some with prunes that were still scrummy but felt healthier :-)
My other association with brownies I know I've blogged on before but it was one of those moments that sticks with me for its wonderful generosity. My awesome friend came to see me after my husband left, bearing a whole tray of brownies and the words " you don't have to share them with anyone."
I've only occasionally made them myself, at a time when me and an ace friend compared recipes for such things, so they remind me of her too.
More latterly, I now link brownies with my girly, who rustles up a tray whenever she has a group of friends over, or is off on a big camp. I greedily scrape the bits left on the tray as well as devour a piece or two (she's left me 6 this week!). So I've probably had more this year than the rest of my lifetime.
What are some of your favourite things?
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