#fancy chocolates

[pachimation]

when your job is to bring couples together and his job is to rip them apart but you two are both awful at your job and also in love (<- this may or may not be why you’re both so bad at your jobs)

[lucky-draws]

random rimster moment .. bedtime beverages routine or something ... (although with their sleeping habits it could be rimmer's 5am morning coffee and lister's 5am bedtime hot chocolate . etc)

[shoku-and-awe]

Ingredients

Nonstick cooking spray or unsalted butter, for greasing the pan

141 grams (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces

63 grams (¾ cup) Dutch-process or natural cocoa powder

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

267 grams (1 ⅓ cups) granulated sugar

5 grams (1 ½ teaspoons) Diamond Crystal or ¾ teaspoon Morton kosher salt

100 grams (2 large) eggs

110 grams (½ cup) sourdough starter discard (unfed, 100% hydration)

85 grams (3 ounces, ½ cup) chopped bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chunks/chips, divided

Flaky sea salt

Heat the oven to 375ºF with a rack in the center. Spray an 8×8-inch metal square cake pan with nonstick cooking spray, then line with parchment (see steps and diagram above), leaving an overhang on all four sides. 

Place the butter in a small saucepan or skillet over medium heat. Melt the butter until it starts to foam and sputter, 2-4 minutes. Whisking often, continue to cook the butter until it starts to quiet down, smells nutty, and turns deeply golden brown, another 3-5 minutes. As you whisk, try to lift any browning milk solids that are stuck to the pan. Remove from the heat and immediately pour into a large heatsafe bowl placed over a digital scale, making sure to scrape in as many browned bits stuck to the pan as possible. You should have about 113 grams of butter remaining.

Immediately whisk the cocoa and vanilla into the warm brown butter until smooth. Whisk the sugar and salt into the brown butter mixture until combined. Beat in the eggs one at a time, whisking vigorously to combine, about 1 minute (after the first egg the mixture will look lumpy and separated but after beating in the second it will form into a smooth, glossy mixture). Fold in the starter discard until combined, then fold in 59 grams (2 ounces, about 6 tablespoons) of the chopped chocolate.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth as needed to make an even layer. Sprinkle over the remaining chopped chocolate. Bake until a tester inserted into the center comes out with some moist (not totally gooey) crumbs, 29 to 32 minutes. Immediately sprinkle the surface with flaky salt, then let cool for at least 35 minutes, but ideally 1 hour—these are fudgy! (If you can, let the pan cool at room temperature for at least 15 minutes so it’s not searing hot, transfer the pan to the refrigerator and chill for at least another 15 minutes, or up to overnight.)

Lift the brownies out of the pan by the parchment and place on a cutting board. Cut into pieces (I like cutting the batch into 9 large, 12 medium, or 16 bite-sized pieces). Brownies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days, in the fridge for up to 10 days (I love cold brownies, this is my preference), or in the freezer for up to 4 months.

[catfindr]

[mourambles]

Imagine you’re at a restaurant with your f/o; one of you orders a milkshake and the other just orders a glass of water.

The waitress turns up a few minutes later with your order; she’s completely forgotten the glass of water, but you notice as she puts the milkshake down that she’s put two straws in it.

You and your f/o just stare at the drink, both turning red to the ears.

[platonicau]

crackfic rinezha modern!au where rin runs a cooking blog on the side and nezha is living alone for the first time in his life trying to cook and he keeps leaving comments with diabolical ingredient replacements ('can i replace the peaches with carrots?') and rin loses her shit everytime she gets a notification

[cupids-stimboards]

day 13 prompt: food/drinks you like answer: boba tea, matcha tea, ramen, garlic bread and chocolate

🍜 🧋 🍞 / 🍵 🍫 🍵 / 🍞 🧋 🍜

[fattributes]

Brown Butter Rose Chocolate Chip Cookies

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Funny mental image: Sarek’s first time experiencing a snowy Earth winter and wondering why in the galaxy he left Vulcan for this 😂

Imagining “This day’s inclement weather will impede our planned excursion, my wife” emanating from deep within about 10 layers of thermal clothing masquerading as the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth while Amanda has maybe got a coat and scarf on and is cackling in delight.

[time-woods]

based off of a real event- i uh- dont know if i should explain.. lets just say, there might be mass amounts of salt in my carpet and bed...

[pianokantzart]

Slightly off-topic, but does anybody know the best bang for your buck when it comes to ethical chocolate?

I'm having post-Halloween regret about giving money to Mars, but my young nephew loves chocolate (and so do I, frankly) and I want to be able to buy some on a semi-regular basis without breaking the bank.

[mildmayfoxe]

my mission today after work was to go get stuff for my sister for her birthday so i went to this fancy spice store primarily to get her a pepper grinder and i also saw these fancy little expensive cardamom chocolate bars so i got one for her but i ALSO got one for myself. look at this cute little fancy chocolate

[specialagentartemis]

hot budgeting tip: if you’re buying presents for other people then it’s fake money that doesn’t count

[lixenn]

I PASSED!

I JUST GOT MY THESIS GRADE AND I GOT AN 1,3 (with 1,0 being the best possible grade to achive) HOLY SHIT I AM DONE!

I also realised that I always checked at the wrong place for my grade which... lmaoo fail but who cares

Lix is free 🥹

[florntree]

Day 4585

[eatallthecalories]