Something Saturdays (10/31/15)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Last weekend was a nice weekend with my boy, I loved it :) This weekend was another mostly boring one, just getting things done. My brother and I did hang out on Wednesday-we went to eat and watched Jurassic World together. Friday Michael and his coworkers were allowed to dress up for Halloween and he was Randy Marsh from South Park....and....yeah. The pictures speak for themselves:

This post understands my feelings about the soundtrack to A Goofy Movie.

For anyone who's had braces.

ALSO-today is the last day you can enter the PB&CO and Bob's Red Mill giveaway!!! So hurry over and enter if you haven't already!

The Baked Brownie

I SWEAR these brownies are fully baked. They're just crazy dense and decadent. And famous. The Baked Brownie is probably one of the most well known brownie recipes and it hails from a famous bakery in Brooklyn called Baked (that I did get the chance to visit once prior to moving). Now, I've been meaning to try it out for a whiiile. But...I needed instant espresso powder so I had to wait until I actually got some.  I was able to try the actual brownie from the Baked and...honestly was underwhelmed. But it was packaged and not even a little bit warm. I had higher hopes for making it at home. And I was RIGHT!

These are 100% in my top 3 favorite {basic} brownies I've ever made. They're actually sort of the perfect combination of the other two, decadence-wise. They're not quite as outlandishly rich as these but they're more gooey and over the top than these. They're soft and chewy (like to a melts-in-your-mouth level) but have that crackly top that brownie dreams are made of...and so packed full of chocolate flavor that oooooooh! Remember how I wished those cookies I shared Monday had been more chocolatey? These brownies delivered on that and THEN SOME! Now, as I mentioned earlier, there are instant espresso granules in this recipe--if you don't like coffee DON'T WORRY. I don't like coffee....at all. But you totally don't taste it, it just helps boost the chocolate flavor and add a little extra nuance that you won't be able to put your finger on (unless you're the one who made them, then you can obviously guess it was the espresso). Honestly...these live up to the hype. They're outstanding. You need the Baked Brownie in your life!

Giant Double Chocolate Cookies

CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLAAAAATE!!! I love it. You love it. We all love it. And this week's recipes are both full of chocolatey goodness. Huzzah!

But today is today and we're gonna focus on these chocolatey treats: giant, chewy, chocolate cookies with chocolate chips (and sea salt on top because duh)!

To be honest (or "tbh" as the kids say) I kiiind of feel like these could have been chocolatey-er...like...if I'd added more cocoa powder maybe? They were just a touch not rich enough. But I'm also sort of a chocoholic to extreme levels. It's like that super dangerous bad boy that you know isn't good for you but you can't help yourself from being drawn to it...

...sorry. High school me had a bit of a bad boy obsession. I know better now.

About the boys. Not the cookies. If loving decadent cookies is wrong I don't wanna be right! Anyway, other people insisted these had plenty of chocolate, and after eating enough of them I was inclined to agree that they were probably right. And I certainly had no problems with continuing to eat lots of 'em. So there you have it.