Brownie (pastry)
A brownie (also known as Boston Brownie ) is a traditional cake used in American cuisine .
A batter with a little flour and cocoa powder is used to make it . For the Double Chocolate variant , crushed chocolate is also added. The dough is baked on a baking sheet or in a rectangular shape. After cooling, the cake is often coated with couverture or chocolate cream and cut into rectangular pieces. Known variants use cashews or pecans and raisins .
With the worldwide spread of the American way of life and cuisine, the cake became known in other regions and included in the range of restaurants and crafts.
There are also white brownies with white chocolate instead of brown.
literature
- Erhard Gorys : The new kitchen dictionary. From Aachener Printen to Zwischenrippenstück (= dtv, no. 36245). 11th edition, updated new edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-36245-0 .
Web links
Commons : Brownies - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikibooks: Recipe for Brownies - Learning and Teaching Materials
