Chocolate and cherries are an amazing combination. Chocolate-Cherry Brownies.
makes 16 two-inch brownies
For best flavor, bake 1 day before serving, let cool and store, tightly wrapped.
Ingredients
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, more for pan and parchment paper
- 6 ounce bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup granuated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup fresh cherries, pitted and quartered
Directions
Butter a 8x8-inch baking pan and line with buttered parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In top of a double boiler set over barely simmering water, or on low power in a microwave, melt 1 stick butter and chocolate together. Cool slightly. In a large bowl, whisk eggs until frothy. Whisk in salt, both sugars and vanilla.
Add the chocolate mixture to the bowl, stir to combine. Sift in the flour and cocoa, fold together until barely combined. Fold in the cherries. Spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 30 minutes or until shiny and beginning to crack on top. Cool in pan on rack.
Greg: thanks for leading us into a wonderful game of summer memories. I loved each and every one of these posts, they all made me think and reminish. None of us knew what to write when you approached us yet interestingly I love where this all led… there is a sweet, powerful line connecting all the guests posts in this series, and it all happened just-so. Thank you for creating this idea and bringing us all together into such a special place! Your energy and kindness was an essential spice to this special “dish”!
Love this post Greg. xoxo Winnie
Wonderful post and recap. What a great reminder that if we keep looking forward we’ll never appreciate how far we’ve come. Thanks for sharing.
Funny, a good part of my 20s was lost too, but I don’t regret a minute of it. I might not REMEMBER it, but I don’t regret it, ha ha.
I am right there with you on the relationship, even when they are long term and good, they take a lot of work. Sometimes you stop and wonder, “Who is this person that I thought I knew?” but then you get over it.
Thank god you and I are perfect, I’m sure Ken and Alexis have never looked at us and thought the same thing [ha!]
Wonderful finish to your series, I’ve learned so much about all your guests and now you. I love that you say you are in the summer of your life, sounds like the perfect place to be.
This post is so eloquently worded. I savored it all — and now I’m scrolling back up to the top to read it again and I know I’ll be thinking about it long after I click off. Welcome back!
i love that you have been in a relationship for 20 years, i love that when you look in the mirror you see layers of who you are, where you’ve been and are now in a place of just ‘being’, i love that you have responsibilities, i love that you have to juggle life just like everyone else, i love that you love your friends … in essence Greg, i just love who you are, the man that you are, deep down inside — your true self. i count myself very, very lucky to ‘know’ you — even via the internet … so talented, so gifted, so real … thank you for just being you!
Hey there friend. This is one of my favorite posts ever. Simple, sweet and profound. It very much resounds with where I am in my life right now. Amazing how priorities ebb and flow. I am in a much happier place today than I was when I was younger.
“I discovered that with age you start to think less about what you want, and rather more about what you have. If you’re lucky (like I was), then what you have satisfies you. Who you are makes you happy.” Fabulous.
xo
I loved your summer series. Every post was beautiful and thoughtful and you introduced me to lots of new writers/cooks. thanks again!
I was born craving summer, so this series has been a joy to read. In the often frenetic digital world thank you for bringing us some simple analog memories of summer.
What a heartfelt post. Delightfully poingant and the perfect way to end a wonderful series. Hope you had a good 4th and a great trip! Can’t wait to see what the rest of your summer (both this current 1 and the your life) hold.
This is a beautiful and insightful way to end your wonderful summer adventure. I want to do the same thing — have others share their stories on my site too. Congratulations!
When I think of the essay I wrote for my English Composition class in college way back in the 80s, when my younger brother, the techno-geek, worked and played on a Commodore 64, all I want to do is bury my head in the sand and chant “happy place, happy place”. I dissed the computers, and vowed to never use them.
Our Internet went AWOL for two days, and I was paralyzed. I could not reach any of my family or friends, and I was in serious withdrawals. I will pull Galileo any day, if I need to, without harboring any secrets. I met so many people through the Internet, and mostly through food blogging, that I am still blinking in surprise, smiling like a village fool.
Greg, you are one of the best surprises of my California life so far. You know already how much I covet your house and the kitchen especially, but I like you much more than any real estate:)
I enjoyed reading all of the summer posts and getting a glimpse of your guest-bloggers’ summers. Thanks for the opportunity to spill some of my balmy memories on your blog.
it doesn’t get any better than that, does it? Great post, Greg…and happy summer to you! — S
Those pants are absolutely FAB-U-LOUS! Just adore them!
But, most of all, I am thrilled to know that you are in such a stable relationship. In my second year of marriage, it makes me so happy to hear that it continues to be as wonderful (if not better) than it is now.
Happy 4th my friend!
I really enjoyed your guest’s contributions Greg. THere was some great writing here and I got turned on to a few new blogs to visit which is always fun. Thanks! Happy Summer!
Trevor.
I am so glad our lives have intersected, and I’m so happy to now consider you a friend. Thanks so much for including me in your summer series. It was an honor.
I savored your summer series as well. And it was heady and delicious.
I hope you had a memorable 4th!
Cute smile.
LL
The summer of your life — nothing makes me smile more! What a wonderful post to remind of us of what is important and how to focus on the gifts in the life that bring true happiness 🙂 Happy Fourth, Greg!
We do grow up thinking what job we have defines us as a human being and therefore imparts some level of status. As we get older the people in our lives and our joy in every day take pride of place — at least for me. At my age it’s all about finding joy.
A food blog? I love your blog! It’s a happy place to visit and some pretty damn good food.
What a lovely and heartwarming post. Makes me think. Alot
I have enjoyed reading the series, but please don’t say goodbye to summer yet since here in the Great White North it has only just nicely begun:D It is interesting that whe we look back on our lives we realize that the good, the bad and the ugly have shaped us into who we are and what we have chosen to make of it all.
Just goodbye to. Teseries… GREG
A road without turns is boring. A life without rain can never grow. The key to life is to welcome the turns and enjoy the rain because they add so much to who we become. Enjoy your summer Greg.