Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: February 10th, 2022. Today is a wonderful day to celebrate Brownies because it’s National Cream Cheese Brownie Day and not only that David is home. I wonder if I can get David to make me Brownies with Walnuts while I work. Although it’s also National Cream Cheese Brownie Day and Charlie and David might like trying these Brownies as something different. If you aren’t busy, would you like to come and celebrate today with me. If so which Brownie, would you prefer so I can have it for you.
National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
Nothing can make your day better than a Brownie with Cream Cheese and having a Holiday to rejoice is the Cherry on the top. Therefore, these Brownie lovers have a Holiday to celebrate their admiration. February 10th, every year, is celebrated as National Cream Cheese Brownie Day.”
Why National Cream Cheese Brownie Day?
A healthy balanced diet also consists of savory desserts. We can’t get all the nutrients needed by our body just by eating Vegetables and Soups. Cheesecakes, and Brownies provide our body with a valuable amount of Calcium, Proteins, and Nutrients. Not only this, but Brownies also work as an efficient mood booster. Brownies make you feel happy and comfortable.
What can be better than eating something delicious and gaining benefits from it?
Eating an adequate quantity of dessert helps to elevate your well-being and health and keeps you in a pleasant mood. Adding dessert to our diet can be counted as a healthy lifestyle. The first time someone ever tasted a Brownie was around the 1800s, and in 1906, people saw the recipe for the Brownie in a cookbook.
Brownie is acknowledged to be America’s most favorite Cookie, and we perceive considerably fewer possibilities of any other dessert surpassing this treat. National Cream Cheese and Brownie Day is dedicated to celebrating the taste of this dessert. It is not suggested to overstuff yourself with Brownies but having a correct quantity of Cream Cheese Brownie can make your day delightful.
How Can We Celebrate National Cream Cheese Brownie Day?
- Prepare a Cheese Cream brownie at home.
- You can have a small party in your home, invite family, and enjoy Cream Cheese Brownies or Blondies.
- You can try preparing different types of Brownies using recipes and ingredients.
- Host a bake-off competition and have everyone create Blondies.
- Posting your Brownies or Blondies on Social Media using hashtags such as #Cheesecreambrownieday #Meandmybrownie #Browniemakesmehappy.
Interesting facts about National Cream Cheese Brownie Day:
- In Late 2001, the largest Brownie was made by melting 750lbs Choco Chips, and the Brownie weighed 3,000 lbs. The Brownie was made in New York at the Hudson Valley Chocolate Festival.
- There are approximately thousands of recipes for Brownies, but it is of only two types, “fudgy form” and in “Cake form”
- Brownies made a day before tastes better than the freshly served Brownies.
- There are three different stories behind the invention of Brownies, and it is still uncertain that when Brownies first come into existence.
- The classic Brownie or the basic recipe of Brownie consists of only 5 ingredients. i.e., Sugar, Chocolate, Eggs, Butter, and Flour.
- Did you know there are also Chocolate-free Brownies, knows as “Blondies.” Blondies are made with Brown Sugar and other ingredients used in a Brownie, except for Chocolate.
- There are four different days to celebrate our love for Brownies annually. Except for National Cream Cheese Brownie Day, we also have National Brownie Day, National Butterscotch Brownie Day, and National Blondie Brownie Day
History of National Cream Cheese Brownie Day:
We can see the presence of certain forms of Cream Cheese in Europe. This also got a significant mention in 1583 in England and 1651 in France. However, there was no existence of Cream Cheese, which is a mixture of Milk and Cream, in America till 1873. Cream Cheese was first introduced in America by William A. Lawrence, who was a dairyman.
Brownie reached the culinary of America in 1906, but there are stories regarding brownie being mentioned in the later 1800s when Bertha Palmer demanded a Pastry Chef to produce something for the females that can fit into their lunch boxes while they were attending the 1893 Chicago World’s Colombian Expo.
The prime-time Brownie earned its place in a cooking book published by Boston Cooking School, it wasn’t appreciated, and no one suspected Brownies to be such a successful treat today. Earlier, people referred to Brownies as Baking Chocolate of two square feet, but now the Cream Cheese Brownie is one of thefavorite recipes in the world.
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National “Have a Brownie” Day– #BrownieDay
Five facts about Brownie:
- It is said that Brownies were created at the Palmer House Hotel during the 1893 Columbian Exposition which was the largest World’s Fair of its time when the owner Bertha Palmer asked the Chef to make a ‘ladies’ dessert’.
- The word ‘Brownie’ became so popular that soon after the Expedition even Kodak named one of it’s first hand held cameras after Brownies, called the little ‘Brownie.’
- Did you know Brownies were one of the very first prepackaged food ‘mixes’ ever sold? First appearing in the Sears, Roebuck catalogue in 1897.
- Fannie Farmer, the First Lady of American Cookery, published the first written recipe for Brownies in 1896.
- A popular turn of the Century alternative was considered of equal importance, the ‘Blondie‘, which used many of the same ingredients in a Brownie except Chocolate. Many believed Chocolate to be a ‘vice’ on the same level as alcohol and Coffee.
Celebrated annually on December 8th, National Brownie Day is an unofficial Holiday which celebrates a delicious dessert that is a cross between a Cake and a soft Cookie. The Brownie is a dessert that’s been enjoyed in the United States since at least the early 20th Century. Today is the perfect day to make a Brownie recipe, or at least buy your Brownies, on this Holiday and enjoy a snack.
History of the Brownie & National Brownie Day
While Brownies were widely known by the early 20th Century, no one knows exactly when or where the Brownie was invented. One of the legends about the Brownie’s origin goes back to the Palmer House Hotel in 1893. According to that legend, Bertha Palmer asked a Pastry Chef for a piece of Cake that could fit in a boxed lunch and was suitable for the ladies who were attending the Chicago World’s Colombian Exposition. What the Chef created was made with Walnuts and an Apricot Glaze and was named the ‘Palmer House Brownie.’
Another legend States that the Brownie was created by a housewife in Bangor, Maine who made a Chocolate Cake that refused to rise. Instead of scrapping the endeavor and starting over, she decided to go ahead and serve the result. This story was mentioned in the 1907 edition of Lowney’s Cookbook by Maria Willet Howard. A recipe for these Brownies, known as “Bangor Brownies”, was also found in several cookbooks that were published in 1904.
Unfortunately, no one really knows who created National Brownie Day. Most likely, National Brownie Day was created by Brownie fans who want to celebrate Brownies. If we ever find out who invented this unofficial Holiday, we’ll be sure to give them a big thank you!
Brownie Fun Facts
- Blonde Brownies are made with Brown Sugar and no Chocolate
- The largest Brownie ever made was 3,000 pounds
- Walnut is the most popular Brownie addition
Brownie Related Holidays
- National Blonde Brownie Day on January 22
- National Cream Cheese Brownie Day on Feb 10
- National Butterscotch Brownie Day on May 9th
Celebrating National Brownie Day
If you want to celebrate National Brownie Day, then you know what you have to do. Make your own Brownies or purchase your favorite Brownies. For even more fun throw a Brownie-themed party. Then post pics of your Brownie celebrations using the hashtag #NationalBrownieDay.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
