TheBanyanTree: Dee Churchill

[Pam James]

priceless!

On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:52 PM Teague, Julie Anna <jateague at indiana.edu>
wrote:

> Omg. I just finished that episode tonight. I, of course, was craving
> something chocolatey as well, but didn’t have your gumption. I found half a
> bag of semi-sweet chips and nibbled on those. They were not all that
> satisfying.  This sounds oh so much better. Everything Dee made sounded oh
> so much better, of course, because the recipe was always wrapped up in a
> story. Miss that woman.
>
> Julie
>
> > On Oct 17, 2020, at 9:25 PM, Laura <wolfljsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > There we were, innocently watching the newest episode of The Great
> British Baking Show, or The Great British Bake-Off, which ever applies
> where you live, and they were making brownies. My chocoholic husband, who
> also happens to be diabetic, was threatening to go to the grocery store and
> buy their icky pseudo-brownies. I told him I was sure I must have a recipe
> using stuff we had already in the kitchen, so I was perusing my cookbooks
> and computer files, when I came upon a recipe from Dee, which she called
> "Homemade Sin". Yes, Sir Sean Connery was involved. I could not resist. The
> whole time I was making them, I was remembering her. It was lovely and
> soothing. Here - try it: (I can't attach a file, because TBT strips them
> off for our protection. This will be just the text, without the picture she
> shared, but if anyone wants the file with picture intact, message me
> privately, and I'll be happy to send it. It would make Dee very, very happy
> to know we're still sharing her recipes!)
> >
> > Mine are still in the oven, so I'll have to let you know later if I did
> it justice. :)
> >
> > Without further ado, I present, "Homemade Sin", by Dee Churchill.
> >> Speaking of recipes...have I got a dandy for you! It started out as a
> simple brownie recipe, found on the label of a can of baking cocoa.
> Needless to say, it didn't take me long to consider variations and
> permutations...the result being something I call, appropriately, Homemade
> Sin. Well. It is.
> >>
> >> See, I owe it all to Sean Connery, whose charisma reminds me of
> chocolate. (Don't even think about trying to psychoanalyze that.) I was
> about to curl up and watch Finding Forrester and it didn't seem a complete
> experience unless I had something chocolatey to nibble, lick and fondle. If
> that sounds suggestive, I'm sorry. I've always confused food and sex.
> >>
> >> You throw 1/2 cup of butter (or margarine) and 1 cup of sugar in a
> mixing bowl. Right there was where I brilliantly strayed from the straight
> and narrow the first time...I included an 8 ounce package of cream cheese
> and then blended it all together with the mixer.
> >>
> >> Then you glug-glug in 1 teaspoon vanilla and crack-slosh in two eggs.
> Blend again.
> >>
> >> Add 6 tablespoons baking cocoa, 1/2 cup flour...mix until smooth. Then
> fold in 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans (or whatever nuts appeal) and pour
> batter into a buttered 8" x 8" baking dish. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons finely
> chopped pecans over the top. Put in oven at 325 degrees for 30 to 35
> minutes. Lick the beaters. Threaten anyone who tries to take them away from
> you.
> >>
> >> When the cake is done, remove from oven and stab it about a dozen times
> with a fork. Drizzle generously with...ohhh...about 1/4 to 1/3 cup Kahlua
> or similar coffee liqueur. That was my second brilliant idea. You can't go
> wrong with coffee liqueur. That's what I always say.
> >>
> >> You can wait until it cools before you eat it. I prefer to have the
> first chunk hot, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
> >>
> >> You can't quite call this a cake, although it's cake-like on sides,
> bottom and top. The center, however, is more like very smooth, creamy
> fudge. Smooth and rich...rather like Sean Connery.
> >>
> >> Oh...the movie was most excellent too. I like when that happens.
> >
> >
> > Laura
> > wolfljsh at gmail.com
> >
> >
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