He adapted his brownie recipe from one by cookbook author Maida Heatter. Part of Robert’s unique charm was that he was quick to argue and that he, like most people who hold strong opinions on things food-wise, was invariably right when you would taste the results. I learned to make them from the late Robert Steinberg, who changed the world of American chocolate when he cofounded Scharffen Berger chocolate. But how else can I describe these brownies? I’ve made a lot of brownies in my life, and these really are the best. “The Ultimate” or “The World’s Finest” always makes me raise an eyebrow. I have a blanket mistrust of any recipe with a superlative in the title. Too late I guess, because the heart was set on these indulgent brownies! His introduction to the recipe had me sold, and I HAD to make them soon. Of course, what I didn’t take into account was the fact that I never find chocolate stuff easy to click. There were so many I wanted to try, but eventually stopped short at ‘ Robert’s Absolute Best brownies‘ from David Lebovitz’s latest book ‘ Ready For Dessert‘. I spent the rest of my day browsing recipe after recipe on the site, and was amazed at how many I had bookmarked.
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