Excellent brownies. I never had orange and chocolate together in brownies before but we loved the combination. I had to make a small change to this recipe because I only had 4 squares of unsweetened chocolate I added 1 ounce (square) of semi sweet chocolate and I was also out of the extracts, so I skipped the vanilla and just added 1 teaspoon of orange juice. Delicious even though we couldn't wait for 24 hours as the recipe suggests. Thanks for posting this keeper.
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Very good brownie. Have made this twice, once with regular marmalade and the second time with English cut. My sister loved this the first time, but all she said when I made it the second time was "WoW".
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Thanks Mirj, this recipe deserves 5 stars! I made half a recipe in an 8x8 inch pan exactly as described. They do need a day or two to mellow. I had doubts tasting these the night they were made since the chocolate was too bitter and the orange too strong--but the change after 24 hours was incredible. WOW! The flavors were perfectly balanced and the texture was very moist without being gooey. My only addition might be a chocolate glaze or frosting but they're wonderful plain.
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Mirj this was a excellent brownie!! thank you. I love anything involving chocolate and orange, it is a great combination to me. Miss those days where I could buy Jaffa chocolate when I was in Melbourne. you have brought all those wonderful memories back with this very simple recipe. Thanks for the detailed instructions too.
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These brownies really do need a day or two to "mellow". I served them 24 hrs. after I made them, and they were a tad dry, but they were actually more moist two days later! I didn't have orange marmalade, so I used tangerine marmalade, and I reduced the vanilla to 1 tbsp., which I thought was sufficient. I also increased the orange extract to 2 teaspoons, but I think that next time I will up it to three. I made an orange butter cream frosting for the brownies, because I didn't want to have "chocolate overload". The orange frosting was a nice compliment to the chocolate brownie. I can see making these in the fall with the orange frosting, an adding some chocolate sprinkles on top.
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Yummy, However I had to consult with my mother (a retired Home Economics Teacher) about the amount of Vanilla. 3 Tablespoons is almost an entire small bottle of Vanilla. Way too much! I put in 1 teaspoon instead and it was fine. It wasn't as moist and chewy as I would have liked but the flavor was great.
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Very nice recipe. Like one reviewer stated these brownies were more like a dense cake. I didn't add any nuts as my daughter (10 yrs old) who was making them doesn't like nuts. We did frost these with a chocolate ganache. YUM!! This satisfied her chocolate craving!
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Flavour wise, these are wicked!! Yum. I used a homemade marmalade made out of blood oranges which my friend gave me. She diced the orange, so there were little nuggets of "gold" in the brownies. I wouldn't say they are brownies, more like cake. So I sort of gave them a new name, "Marmalade Crackle Cake"......my friends even fought over this delicious "cake"
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I needed something for Rosh Hashanah lunch that was chocolate and these fit the bill. These were a nice twist on a brownie and the orange flavor was an unexpected surprise to those partaking. I used margarine instead of butter.
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