This morning in lieu of watching the blues news, I cued up Monday’s episode of Ellen. She is on my DVR scheduler because I just love her and she makes me laugh out loud. I believe you really need to do that every day as much as possible. A nice big belly laugh where your cheeks hurt and the tiniest of tears escapes your eye. Makes the sucky stuff not as sucky. Well imagine my pleasant surprise when she had on the Thunder from Down Under. For those of you who don’t know what that is… girlz - this one is for you.
Photo from the Ellen Degeneres Show website.
If you click it you can watch them on Ellen.
Well not ON Ellen, but you get my drift.
I didn’t ask to use the image, but please don’t make me down.
Looove you Ellen…
Gooooood morrrrrnnnning! Of course she was laughing like crazy, the audience was screaming and the guys started laughing then I started laughing out loud… at 6 am… while the house slept… so I buried my face into the pillow on my studio couch… then for some reason, I got up and made some brownies. I do not know if it was the laughter or the Thunder which made me think of chocolate, but do we really need a reason to think of or have some chocolate? No. We don’t. Plus I was able to use my favorite brownie pan of all time…
The Baker’s Edge Brownie Pan. I know what you are thinking… why in the hell would I want to make a pan of brownies in the shape of my intestines? It’s not a cake pan it is a brownie pan. Think about it. What is the best brownie in a batch? The one with edges, especially the one with two edges. This pan makes it so EVERY BROWNIE in the ENTIRE BATCH has a MINIMUM of TWO EDGES! Can you feel the pure joy welling up inside you? And. AND!!! Two brownies have THREE edges. Do you need to lay down? It’s ok. I’ll wait here. Seriously, do you have a food lover or a baker in your realm of friends and family? It is a perfect holiday gift. Plus, to make it all the more special. My recipe for the bestest brownies evah. Dubbed just this morning:
Down Under Thunder Brownies.
Ingredients
1/2 Cup butter (1 stick)
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
4 - 1 oz. squares semi-sweet chocolate, melted
1 cup flour
1/2 to 1 cup chopped walnuts, optional
Preheat oven to 325°.
Cream butter, sugar & vanilla. Beat in eggs. Blend in melted chocolate. Beat in flour and if so desired, nuts. (I just sprinkled my nuts on the top prior to baking. Yes, they were an after thought.)
Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Cool. Drool. Cut into squares. Hide in closet and eat.
Look at that top most brownie. THREE edges. Right after I took this photo - which isn’t my best - from all that hullabaloo about the plate of brownies sitting in front of me - that brownie was sooo mine. 
