the first rule of sunday night dinner…

…is that you don’t talk about sunday night dinner.  The second rule…

If someone actually tries to plan dinner, generally it doesn’t work out.

Sunday night dinner is a very free-form, unplanned (except that it is always at 7.30, certain people are always late, there is always beer, and someone is guaranteed to rant about something) dinner thing that usually occurs on Sunday nights.   People show up with food (prerequisite: cooking ability), beverages,  sometimes a movie, sometimes catan, sometimes just an opinion.

Here at sundaynightdinner there will be lots of random recipes, photos, and whatever else seems to need to be here.

brownies “100% americaine”

A fellow blogger from France requested a traditional american recipe for brownies, apparently having suffered through a recipe that resulted in something that was more “to die from” than “to die for”. I happily obliged, sent her the following recipe, and apparently created quite a chain reaction of brownie-making in the French-speaking blogosphere. I do not take any responsibility for weight gain this recipe (or any others posted here, for that matter) may cause; bake these at your own risk!

Visit Lolotte’s blog and read the recipe and reviews in french. If your french is a bit rusty, you can still click on the links to some awesome photos of the brownies.

Brownies “100% americaine”

1 1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup unbleached flour

4 heaping spoons full cocoa powder (my favorite: semi-sweet Ghirardelli)

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract (not imitation)

(optional: heavy pinch cinnamon, smallish pinch ancho chile powder, smallish pinch cayenne)

*Preheat oven to 350˚F.

* Whip together butter and sugar.

* Add in vanilla, eggs, and cocoa powder. (And optional spices, if you’re using them.)

* Add in flour, beat until well-mixed. The batter should be pretty thick.

* Pour into a 9″ x 9″ baking dish, and bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.

* Let cool as long as you can, then slice and enjoy with a nice cold glass of milk!