The KBAL Brownie Initiative

Analysis

Unfortunately, these weren't much to write home about. And peeling the candy canes just made the whole thing too much effort. At least the recipe was simple. Basic brownie with chopped candy canes and nuts. I discovered that the chopper (since repaired with electrical tape) works wonders on candy canes. I was not looking forward to the bash-em-with-a-rolling-pin-in-a-baggie method. Its always messy.

• Prep time: 25 minutes
• Cooking time: 35 minutes
• Total time: .90 hours

Modifications

Butter was used instead of shortening. It's just to gross to think about it all melted.

Improvements

Get rid of the candy canes, add peppermint extract.

My Rating - scale of 1-10

• PITA Rating: 5 (The candy canes put this one up there)
• Difficulty Rating: 3
• Recipe Complexity (over a basic no-frills brownie): 3
• Texture: 5
• Flavor: 3
• Overall Rating: 4

I didn't like these. The peppermint was too subtle and confusing to the taste buds. I'm not making these again.