January 30th, 2008
#432 - Grab
For some reason I have a hard time making brownies. It always gets a crust around the edges and stays soggy in the center. I still eat them… but usually with a spoon.
For some reason I have a hard time making brownies. It always gets a crust around the edges and stays soggy in the center. I still eat them… but usually with a spoon.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:06 am
perhaps raising the temperature at regular intervals would help…?
I don’t know I don’t bake, in either sense of the word.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:07 am
I’m reminded of a Garfield comic on this one: Garfield was attacked by his over-strong coffee.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:25 am
dude… i wanna know how to make those brownies… (:
January 30th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Yay, it is a dessert week!
January 30th, 2008 at 1:28 am
um…remind me never to eat at Biff’s house….on second thought I think I’ll just avoid his place all together.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:21 am
WOO! mutant brownies!
January 30th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Heh… as it turns out, the brownies are the lie, not the cake.
January 30th, 2008 at 5:11 am
It should’ve been “Allow the brownies to cool off for at least an hour”
January 30th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Cook the brownies slower at a lower temperature to have it cook more evenly.
January 30th, 2008 at 6:08 am
good thing the brownie thing can’t identify his mouth either, or I bet he’d have brownies bursting out of his stomach in a few hours.
January 30th, 2008 at 6:10 am
There should be a police-line-do-not-cross cordon up around those things!
January 30th, 2008 at 6:38 am
High enough temperatures usually kill most things, organic or otherwise
January 30th, 2008 at 7:18 am
I guess he misunderstood the box when it said self-preserving ingredients.
Joseph: LOL
January 30th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I can never wait. The smell
as they come oout of the oven
overwhelms me with its kindness.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:08 am
I can BURN Mac n’ Cheese….so I’m really not too great at making anything other than apple pie…
January 30th, 2008 at 9:27 am
gooey brownies are the BEST
January 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
First thought when I saw this: Facehugger brownies!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Biff has had a huge craving for sweets recently, hasn’t he? So is the next one something with cookies?
January 30th, 2008 at 10:16 am
My wife makes killer brownies. They’ll do a lot worse than grab you, if you approach before they’ve cooled off…
How much of Biff’s larder is so hostile that it needs to cool down before it can be approached, anyway?
January 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am
HAHA! That’s exactly what its like!! I mean, you’re starving, but you really want those fresh brownies, so you’re hoovering over the pan until finally your stomach convinces your mind that it MUST be cool, so you quickly shovel a fat spoonful in and it sticks to the roof of your mouth and you’re just left there squealing in happy chocolate and burny pain. . .
Oh yes. That’s EXACTLY what its like.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Wow… someone teach me how to make those. I want one as a pet!
January 30th, 2008 at 11:44 am
It sounds like your oven is to hot. The metal in the brownie pan is a better conductor of heat than the air, so its overcooking the edges while the inside remains undercooked.
If a lower heat doesn’t help, you might try making the brownies in a muffin or cupcake pan. The smaller size will help them cook more evenly (plus no cutting).
January 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Wow, that looks like something that would happen if I tried to cook. I can’t even use the microwave, let alone a full-fledged oven… I somehow managed to set my re-heated cheese steak on fire. Luckily, the sink was closer than my pair of hammers, and the kitchen was clear of all wildlife.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
“may we remind you that you will be baked, and then there will be cake”
January 30th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
And dessert week trudges on proudly. What crazy, sugar-laden adventures will Biff embark on next? Tune in tomorrow to find out.
The Duck Has Spoken.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
You need to rotate the pan once or twice during the cooking process. And possibly clean your oven, otherwise it’ll have cool spots and hot spots.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I like it. It’s been a while since we’ve seen Biff in pain.
January 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Well the worst that’s happened to me grabbing a brownie before letting it cool is burnt fingers, so I’d imagine Biff has a big red mark where the brownie grabbed him… ouch.
January 30th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Biff’s Brownies: “Eat them before they eat you…”
January 30th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
!!! i had a brownie before reading this!
January 30th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
This cool pan would fix the soupy center brownies: http://www.bakersedge.com/
January 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
My biggest problem with brownies is that I always get impatient and put the icing on before they’re entirely cooled … then the icing ends up melting and running all over the place.
It sounds as if your brownie problem could be solved by cooking the brownies for longer, at a lower temperature. And you should always make sure that the oven rack is in the middle of the oven to ensure even heating.
Biff’s brownie problem, on the other hand, can probably only be solved with a bigger knife.
January 30th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Now see, this is why I always approach my brownies with a shovel first.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I think we have a theme week!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I was going to send the link Amanda sent after I’d read to the bottom of the page.
I want that thing so badly *cry*
January 31st, 2008 at 6:19 am
What did he do to make the brownies so angry to begin with?
January 31st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
In Soviet Russia, brownies eat you!
February 5th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Lower the temperature for cooking the brownies and stick an empty pan below the brownies on the lower rack. This will make them cook more evenly.
February 6th, 2008 at 7:31 am
my brownies always become perfect.
probably because i am an awesome brownie-maker.
Always perfect
February 6th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Don’t use a glass pan - I had the same problem with hard edges and gooey middle until I finally bought a professional grade square aluminum pan (Nordic Ware) at a discount home wares store (Home Goods if you have those where you are). I call it the Magic Brownie Pan because it makes them perfect every time.
February 7th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
One word, and one word only can describe this scene:
*Glorp*
The sound of vengeful desserts…
Dessert theme week? I haven’t had even ICE CREAM in MONTHS! Why do you tempt me so?!
MOD: Good GOD! So THAT’S what happened to everyone! GLaDOS is this generation’s Junior!!!
(Junior isfrom Little Shop of Horrors, I think the name was. Look it up, and be VERY afraid…I still have nightmares…*shudder*)
February 27th, 2008 at 3:05 am
I like brownies with that thin crust and for the bottom to be soft.
Then again, I know baked good when I see them. That brownie is awfully mean.
April 17th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Hmm… brownies are one of the only things I’ve ever actually made o.0 and they’ve turned out fine. I use the boxed kind… were you using home made batter? That might be harder… but yeah… mine turn a bit hard and crusty around the four corners. But the rest is quite delectable. I actually added a peanut butter layer to one batch I made and that went well too
May 21st, 2008 at 7:33 pm
WTF!! What did he put in that brownie mix?