Good evening, welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: December 8th, 2021. I would like to ask you to check out the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know if you would like to participate. If I could, I would make Brownies with Pecans or Walnuts for myself and Brownies without Nuts for Charlie. Would you like to join us in a snack and a glass of Milk?
National Brownie Day is on December 8th and every year Brownie lovers come from far and wide to celebrate National Brownie Day. Warm, chewy, and rich, a nice chocolate Brownie is the perfect dessert. Indulge in Brownies \and let the real world melt away with you for a delectable moment.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY
HISTORY OF HISTORY OF NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY
Legend has it that the creation of Brownies hales from the Palmer House Hotel in 1893. Bertha Palmer, a prominent Chicago Socialite whose husband owed the hotel, asked a pastry chef for a dessert suitable for ladies attending the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition.
Bertha Palmer requested a cake-like delicacy small enough to be included in boxed lunches. The result was the Palmer House Brownie with Walnuts and an Apricot Glaze. The modern Palmer House Hotel serves a dessert to patrons made from the same recipe. The name was given to the dessert sometime after 1893 but was not used in cookbooks or journals at this time.
By 1907 Brownie was well established in a recognizable form, appearing in Lowney’s Cookbook by Maria Willet Howard as an adaptation of the Boston Cooking School recipe for a “Bangor Brownie”. Which added an extra egg and an additional square of Chocolate, creating a richer dessert. The name “Bangor Brownie” derives from the town of Bangor, Maine, which legend states was the hometown of a housewife who created the original Brownie recipe.
Maine food educator and columnist Mildred Brown Schrumpf was the of the theory that Brownies were invented in Bangor. While “The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink” refuted Schrumpf’s premise that Bangor housewives” created the Brownie, “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America” said it had discovered evidence to support Schrumpf’s claim, in the form of several 1904 cookbooks that included a recipe for “Bangor Brownies.”
NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY STATS
Are you surprised? I’m not. Brownies can be consumed on any occasion, making these Brownies at home is only part of the fun. 1988 knew what they were doing when they gobbled down 2 billion Brownies and with so many ways to customize and create your “perfect brownie”, there’s endless ways to enjoy Brownies without getting tired of the Chocolatey goodness!
\\Whether it be a Nut Allergy, an aversion to Nuts, or simply being a Brownie purest, 60% of Brownie lovers prefer their Brownies Nut free. The magical thing about Brownies is no matter how you eat Brownies, they’re always delicious. If you like Brownies gooey and chewy, or if you prefer a little crunch then you’re doing the right thing already just by eating a Brownie. The only way you can be wrong is by not liking Brownies at all! But those people don’t exist…right?
A little resistance in your Brownie doesn’t hurt, and what better way to get that texture than by biting into a deliciously baked end piece? Of course, we don’t want the entire Brownie to have that texture, there is such thing as too much of a good thing. Saving that small bit of something special for the end of your Brownie consumption is the way to go!
NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY TIPS!!
Is there a National Brownie Day?
There is indeed and National Brownie Day is celebrated annually on December 8th.
NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY ACTIVITIES
Take the day to try different flavors of Brownies you’ve never tasted. Don’t forget to bring milk!
Spread the word that today is National Brownie Day by posting pictures on Social Media.
There are a variety of brownie Recipes out there. Invite your friends over for a night of Brownie taste testing. Set up a Brownie bar of different flavors of Brownies and Toppings. Include Double Fudge, and Oreo, Walnut and Blondie Brownies.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY
- Brownies are rich in flavor and definitely a guilty pleasure of ours. No matter hot or cold, Brownies are delicious. Don’t believe us? We dare you to tell us otherwise.
- Watch me whip, watch me bake, bake! Aren’t baking Brownies a blast? Remember, preparation is key. Pick your favorite ingredients and get to baking.
- Think about those movie scenes dealing with break ups by eating Chocolate. Why do you think that is? It’s because Chocolate makes you happy! Release the mood enhancing Chemical, Serotonin. Don’t cheat yourself, treat yourself to Brownies!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
