How to Bake Brownies in an Orange

Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks, fancies up his brownies by baking them in oranges.

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  • For the holidays....I bet you could dress this up buy wrapping a bit of Christmas ribbon around them. And/or decorating the plate with some raspberry or cherry drizzle (for the holiday look).
    Regular ribbon and raspberry drizzle the rest of the year.

  • Absolutely DO NOT make this brownie in an orange recipe. Regardless of the quality of the brownie mix you use, the oozing out part does not bake at the same rate as the interior of the orange. you are left with overdone brownie on the outside and where the brownie meets the small sliver of remaining orange inside, it is pure mush. I made this because i love the taste combo of choc&orange, but...+READ

    Absolutely DO NOT make this brownie in an orange recipe. Regardless of the quality of the brownie mix you use, the oozing out part does not bake at the same rate as the interior of the orange. you are left with overdone brownie on the outside and where the brownie meets the small sliver of remaining orange inside, it is pure mush. I made this because i love the taste combo of choc&orange, but this was not worth one minute of my time.-COLLAPSE

  • He doesn't say how much of the middle to cut out

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