Fudgy Chocolate Chip Brownies filled with toasted pecans are topped with a delicious cream cheese frosting. These are seriously THE BOMB!
Today is the last of Food Network's series on Comfort Foods; as we move into spring, our theme will transition to Sensational Sides; watch for some grilling from this blog; once the weather warms, I could cook almost everything on the grill (she said as it is snowing outside at the moment!). Still today it's all about these Chocolate Chip Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting!
While the notion of comfort food typically elicits thoughts of soup, casseroles and hearty stews, tell me one person who doesn't feel comforted if given a plate of delicious brownies. And these brownies are seriously delish!
My children, both adults, never have the time to read my blog (WHAT?) which might be good because I can share family secrets and they'll never know. Anyway, I feel like I can confess this to you. These were the brownies I craved the most when my girls were young and probably because they had toasted pecans in them, lots and lots of toasted pecans.
Being the good mom that I was I dutifully made pan after pan of brownies over the years without nuts to appease my youngest daughter's dislike of them, but I missed them each and every time. For me they are fundamental so it was just one of those many small ways that moms show love to their kids and I did without.
So, I think I might have come home after dropping her off at college, made a pan and sat and ate the whole thing myself. OK, maybe not the whole thing...but I could have. Funny about individual tastes, I always felt her loss because these are simply the best.
Without leavening, they are certainly not cake-like brownies but the gooey component comes more from melted chocolate chips than the dough and they are really chock full of toasted (have I mentioned absolutely critical in my book?) pecans and all of this chocolatey, nutty goodness is covered with a slightly tangy cream cheese frosting.
I would be craving some now just writing that sentence except that I just had one with coffee. Of course they are perfect for breakfast!
Inspired by a recipe in one of my vintage Junior League Cookbooks, they are so perfect that the ONLY thing I've done is to garnish the frosting with some shaved chocolate. So unlike me to not have to make a change but they are that good.
I've had some good brownies over the years, but this combination? The best. Even better than my brownies made with a touch of red wine and I think those are 'the bomb.'
They're calling me from the kitchen...hurry over and you might be able to snag one for yourself. And I mean HURRY!!
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