Copy That

Cosmic Brownies

I love copy cat, or 'clone', recipes.

I think they're brilliant. 

Take a dish you love, but make it better? Or customize to your preferences? 

YES.

Please.  Let's do this.

When Claire Saffitz 'bakes it better', I am there for it. From her BA days to her solo channel. 

Obviously, the average home cook isn't going to have the large-scale equipment or preservatives or precise molds or cutter or whatever, but you can still get close to the 'real deal'. 

I've never tasted a Cosmic Brownie. 

I didn't grow up eating a lot of sweets, and almost never mass-produced cakes or cookies. 

I'm also sort of...meh...on brownies. I can take or leave them.  

But I've been seeing recipes for a home version of these for a couple of years, and yeah. They look cool. 

There was another gathering of geeks over the weekend. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to give them a try.

I went with this recipe, which was easy even for brownies. 

Not having a personal baseline, I had to trust Matt's judgement.  Apparently, they were very, very good. 

Many were consumed. 

 

(I swear -  I do more than bake these days. Honest!)