For National ‘Have a Brownie’ Day I wanted to come up with a diffrent kind of brownie recipe for you all to try and I found this maple bacon and pecan version that I just had to share with you as it sound just that little bit different and fun
A really great combination of flavours in these brownies that sounds good so why not give this recipe a go and see what you think .. I personally love the idea and will be giving this recipe a go but I won’t tell my family what is in them I will ask them to guess first
This great recipe has been brought to you by goodhousekeeping.co.uk website , thanks for sharing it with us
Here below is an excerpt about these brownies and a list of the ingredients you will need all from the website
Ingredients
- 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- 150 g (5oz) unsalted butter, chopped, plus extra to grease
- 75 ml (3fl oz) maple syrup
- 75 g (3oz) pecans, roughly chopped
- 225 g (8oz) light brown soft sugar
- 75 g (3oz) cocoa powder
- 2 medium eggs
- 60 g (2½oz) plain flour
Original recipe source:goodhousekeeping.co.uk
February 10 is National ‘Have a Brownie’ Day
Five Food Facts about Brownies
1. It is said that the brownie was created at the Palmer House Hotel during the 1893 Columbian Exposition( The largest World’s Fair of it’s time) when the owner Bertha Palmer asked the chef to make a ‘ladies dessert’.
2. The word ‘brownie’ became so popular that soon after the Expedition even Kodak named one of it’s first hand held cameras after them, the little ‘brownie.’
3. Brownies were one of the very first prepackaged food ‘mixes’ ever sold. First appearing in the Sears, Roebuck catalogue in 1897.
4. Fannie Farmer, the First Lady of American Cookery, published the first written recipe for brownies in 1896.
5.A popular turn of the century alternative was considered of equal importance, the ‘blondie‘, which used many of the same ingredients except chocolate. Many believed chocolate to be a ‘vice’ on the same level as alcohol and even coffee.
Article source :foodimentary.com
