Halloween Baking: Brownie Graveyard!
Hey guys, so happy Halloween!
Halloween dance
And to celebrate Halloween this year I'm going to be doing one of the most terrifying things ever...
Baking Brownies!
I think it's time to bring on my glamorous assistant
Dan: singing
So Phil, as people might be wondering, what is so Halloweeney about brownies?
Well these aren't just brownies Dan...
...This is gonna be a brownie graveyard!
F**k yeah it is!
You're not even ready
And if you're watching this at Christmas you can make a Christmas graveyard...
Or an Easter graveyard-
Woah, woah, woah...a Christmas graveyard?
Yeah!
So Phil, what recipe are we following?
Well, I've combined a recipe from Antony Worrall Thompson with one from Delia Smith
Fr-from Delia Smith?
Yeah
Okay
Are you okay?
Yeah, sure, I'll be fine
OH MY F**KING GOD!!
...There's just no way to make flour exciting
No more...No less
Serious
Or else
275 grams of dark chocolate
You can use plain chocolate if you want it to be sweeter
...Hatched by a cat
Meow!
This thing is powerful enough to destroy a continent
You only need one teaspoon, okay?
Careful guys
Milked from a fairy
It's a very painful process
How do you milk a fairy?
You don't want to know
275 grams of unsalted butter
A rectangular baking tray
Oww!
Grease-proof paper that also doubles up as a lightsaber!
Ouch, that was my own chin
And anything else you want to put inside your brownies
That's what she said!
It can be white chocolate chunks, nuts, marshmallows, oreos, whatever your heart desires
As you can see, we've already eaten most of our optional ingredients
Because we're FAT B***ARDS AND I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF
Yes
Gotta love some utensils
Yes
IT'S BAKING TIME!
Both: oww!
We need to stop doing that
That was...enthusiastic!
So sharp
Can't bake now!
Step one
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius, that is 325 degrees Fahrenheit or gas mark 3
And then line the baking tray with grease-proof paper
I think you mean...lubricate
Do I?
Both: Yes
Okay, imagine you're wrapping a present Dan
We don't need scissors, okay? I know what I'm doing
Oww, oww God!
Then lightly beat four eggs in a bowl
Lightly beat an egg...
GAAH!
CHRIS BROWN THAT EGG!
Dan!
...Is that not what you do?
No!
...You aren't supposed to Chris Brown the egg?
No
Egg one!
FWO-YAAH!
I'm such an egg pro [I think you mean...egg-spert]
I bet you are
...I don't know what that means
Four
*squelching noise*
Add a teaspoon of vanilla essence...
Smells good, yeah?
Yeah, we're so hardcore we do vanilla essence
Yeah, that's how we roll
Okay, you hold as I beat
...That sounded wrong
Oh, God Phil!
Sorry!
Oh no!
Measure out your 175 grams of flour and add one teaspoon of baking powder
Then sift these into your main mixing bowl
While your friend does the robot!
*Robot dance rave*
S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-SIEVING, YEAH, SIEVING SIEVING
It gets the b**ches!
Work those arms!
That'll give you the right muscles
To do the thang!
Now is the complicated bit
We need to melt the chocolate and the butter together to create a gloopy mess
Is it a bain-marie?
...I don't know what that means
Holy s**t, I think it is!
Let's do it!
Now typically a bain-marie is constructed with a glass bowl sitting on a body of boiling water...
...that will then melt the chocolate using the heat of the condensation
BUT if you're a peasant like us, you can just use a normal bowl
KLA-DONK!
KLA-DINK!
KLA-SHLONK!
This smells better than anything I've ever smelt before
*sobbing* I'M SO TEMPTED!
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL!
Our Delia, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name!
Add the butter to the melting chocolate
We should probably have used a bigger bowl for this, so if you have a bigger bowl then use that
But we are peasants
We are
Now take the chocolate off the heat and stir in the sugar
Then it's to be added to the butter and the chocolate!
And now it's the moment we've all been waiting for...
COMBINE ALL THE THINGS!
Yes
I feel like we're welding something
Creating Frankenbrownie
OOH MY GOD!
And add the lightly Chris Browned eggs
And now fold the mixture!
Don't whisk it, Jesus, DON'T whisk it, whatever you do, fold it
Fold the mixture
At this point you might add anything that you like to be chunky inside the brownie
So to make it even more healthy I'm adding chunks of white chocolate
mmm!
And you can even go nuts
...with nuts
That was clever
I should let myself out
Make sure all the little niblets are distributed throughout the mixture
This is the point where you may feel so overwhelmed that you just want to engulf your face in the mixture
Dare
No!
And now to pour it into the baking tray!
The pouring of the tray-bies!
I've had an accident!
*dramatic music*
Nothing says brownies like Buble!
And now place in the heated receptical of destiny!
It should look something like this
Again, remember to have a responsible adult with you
*laughs*
BURN!
And now, whilst you're waiting for your brownies to cook, this is the part when you should probably tidy your kitchen
yeah...
*laughs*
Yeah...that means just go on the internet
Do it
Bake your brownies for 20-25 minutes
When they're done the tops should feel firm and the middle should feel soft and squidgy
Phil: Like a cat Dan:Like a breast
I like how I said "cat" and you said "breast"
Ball attack!
Go!
I win!
...ball attack? Really Phil?
Yeah, I should've probably thought about that one
It is complete!
*gasp*
Da-da-da-DA!
Ooh cool
That actually looks quite cool!
Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod
Okay, so it's out of the oven
IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
Confession: we have already eaten a bit of it
Yes, but that doesn't make a difference!
IT'S ORGASMIC!
Yeah, you should all go and make this right now
You have no idea
But now it's time to construct the graveyard!
First of all we're gonna cut it into squares
Oh my god, you can see the nuts!
YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE CHOCOLATE!
Oh my god, there's marshmallows as well
It's so crispy!
I'm gonna eat this one
So Phil, what is one of the first ways we're decorating our graveyard?
Well, we have cookie gravestones, these can be any size you want, or gingerbread if you've got gingerbread
Mine's going to say "R.I.P Simon"
Nice touch
As it's Halloween I hope he comes back as a zombie
What're you doing on your gravestone Dan?
I'm writing "#YOLO"
How current
A pretty ironic thing to write on a gravestone...
Yeah
I mean, that clearly says "YOLO", even if it looks a bit like someone punched a placenta
Yeah, I think it's good
Okay, what's next?
Erm...we have some jelly Haribo ghosts, which we can scatter around
Very spooky
This one is...Michael Jackson
WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!
This one's Snape, sorry to bring that up, Harry Potter fans
Uh oh, Snape fell on the floor!
Oh God!
Jesus?
Jesus, yes, in the middle, cause he's the most important
He is
And then we can make some little oreo gravestones as well
It needs some BLOOD! INTENSE BLOOD!
Oh wow
SO INTENSE!
The final thing I've got is pocky, which you can use as like stick crosses
Fencing, as well
Oh, we can make fencing!
Every graveyard needs fencing
This would qualify for epic mealtime I think, so many calories are going in this
...Sheer amount of obesity involved
Okay, I'm melting the chocolate slightly and then you can stick them together to make your crosses
I have set fire to the pocky and now it's a flaming commemorative beacon!
You're going to burn the house down!
Paranormal Activity 5: Gingerbread Edition
I think some general ectoplasmic goo is needed
Maybe some blood can drip down the sides
Ominously
It's a f**king work of art, is what this is!
I did not expect it to look this good
IT IS COMPLETE!
Phil: Yay, I'm so proud of us! It's amazing!
Dan: It's actually awesome, isn't it? If you bring that into a room at a Halloween party, everyone will crap themself
Phil: They will, in a good way
And their pants will drop...if they have ovaries, they'll explode...if they're male, they'll grow ovaries, and they'll explode, seriously
Yes, if we can do this, then you can do this, so give it a go
If we can do this, then yours will be the fricking Sistine Chapel
So there we go, you now know how to make a Halloween brownie graveyard!
Yes, all the information is below if you want to make one yourself, and today's Draw Phil Naked is...
And I hope you all have a very happy Halloween
MWA-HA-HA-HA-HAA!
Dan: What's the verdict?
A million out of ten
Dan: A million out of ten!
I think I'm actually going to die
*laughing*
It's really good
Phil: How is it?
mmmmmMMMMM!
Phil: *laughing* What would you say this-
I need some privacy!
oookay
Halloween baking with Phil and Dan! Follow me on twitter ^_^ http://www.twitter.com/amazingphil Dan's channel: http://www:youtube.com/danisnotonfire INSTRUCTIONS!!! Ingredients 275g/10oz dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) (or plain / milk if you want them sweeter) 275g/10oz unsalted butter 175g/6oz plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 4 large eggs, lightly beaten 1 tsp vanilla essence 325g/12oz caster sugar pecans, chocolate chunks, marshmallows, oreos.. anything you want in the brownies! Equipment: Saucepan, bowl, large mixing bowl, sieve, rectangular baking tray - approx: 30cm by 15cm. greaseproof paper. For the decoration: Gingerbread or cookie pieces, writing icing, oreos, pocky (mikado) Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas3. Line tin with lightly buttered greaseproof paper or foil. Put the plain chocolate and butter in a large bowl, place over a pan of simmering water and allow to melt. Sieve the flour and baking powder into a bowl and set aside. Remove the melted chocolate from the heat and stir in the sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla essence. Fold in the flour, nuts and treats. Put in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes until the top is firm and the middle is still squishy. Cut into pieces and decorate! Inspired by: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/triplechocolatebrown_7685 and http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/exotic/american/four-nut-chocolate-brownies.html with my own graveyard twist Draw Phil Naked by Aimee :D