Sometimes I like to Sandra Lee my way around a recipe, semi-shamefully taking unMarthalike shortcuts when it comes to baking. While self-righteous cooks may get a major bitch face caradeculo at the blasphemous thought of using boxed brownie mix, here’s a way to pimp out pre-packaged brownies and play it off like it’s 100% homemade. The secret? Salt, dulce de leche, underbaking and getting baked.
No, unfortunately this isn’t a recipe for extra *special* funny brownies. That wouldn’t be appropriate to post on this food blog (but if you do want to make it, it’s all about the butter). These are a different kind of special brownies, with dulce de leche mixed into the batter and generously sprinkled with salt.
Easy to make and ready in under 20 minutes, if you can read, follow directions at a 2nd grade level, and stick your paws into an oven without burning them, you can make brownies. It’s simple: Read the directions on the package, melt the butter, beat in the eggs, add the brownie mix, 2 tablespoons of water, mix it good, transfer to a baking dish, dollop on dulce de leche and marble it into the batter with a knife, top with salt and put it in the oven on low heat for 15-18 minutes. Let it cool to harden up.
And that’s it. When you cook it too long, it will be too cake-like, so underbaking it is the key to get that chewy yet soft, moist consistency. Sprinkle some more salt on top and finish the whole tray in one sitting, eating it like it’s one big piece of cake.
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