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I like my brownies made from scratch, without substitutions or \u201chacks\u201d that could potentially alter my favorite dessert. Since writing about food is my job, though, sometimes I\u2019m asked to do things that make me uncomfortable. Like making my brownies from a mix … with mayonnaise. A double-whammy for this deeply passionate brownie connoisseur. Could mayonnaise really be used in place of the egg or<\/em> oil as suggested by the internet? I set out to find out, and here\u2019s what happened.\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019m not the first one to discover that using mayonnaise in place of oil in brownie recipes works. Your grandparents, food bloggers, and the bakers have been secretly dipping their spoons into jars of mayonnaise to create delicious baked goods for a while now. It\u2019s a swap that makes sense since mayonnaise is made of mostly oil and egg. It provides moisture, which keeps the baked goods soft and tender, just like oil does. For most recipes, it\u2019s a one-to-one substitution, and works in everything from cakes to muffins.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Sara Haas<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n To keep things fair, I made two batches of brownies, both using the same box mix (Ghirardelli, because it\u2019s the best). I made the control batch following the package directions, adding the water, oil, and egg as specified. For the test batch, I added the water and egg, but swapped an equal amount of mayonnaise (Duke\u2019s) for the oil. I baked them both in 8-inch metal pans for 35 minutes, when the toothpick inserted into the center came out clean. I let them cool in the pan, then sliced them into squares for testing.\n<\/p>\n I tasted the control first and recognized the familiar flavors. The brownie tasted like it always does, fudgy and delicious. Next, I tried the mayo batch and I was surprised that I didn\u2019t immediately taste a difference. While I was expecting a bit of tang (because mayo also contains vinegar and\/or lemon juice), it\u2019s not noticeable. All I could really taste was chocolate. I repeated the bites of both and had a similar experience. It was only after multiple tastes of the mayo-brownie that I began to detect a bit of that savory mayonnaise essence. It was just as fudgy as the OG brownie and just as flavorful.\n<\/p>\n Beyond flavor, I noticed that the mayonnaise brownies were a bit lighter in color, and that the tops were also shinier and had more crackling than the traditionally-made brownies. This made them look a little more impressive, and provided a fun paper-thin crisp bite.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Sara Haas<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n You know how I feel about substitutions and hacks, but after adding mayonnaise to my brownies, I\u2019m a changed woman. I enjoyed the results and appreciated the alternative for when I don\u2019t have an egg or oil on hand. I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ll use mayonnaise to make all of my boxed brownies, but it\u2019s nice to know I\u2019ve got a back-up plan. Now it\u2019s time to restock my mayo!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I like my brownies made from scratch, without substitutions or \u201chacks\u201d that could potentially alter my favorite dessert. Since writing about food is my job, though, sometimes I\u2019m asked to do things that make me uncomfortable. Like making my brownies from a mix … with mayonnaise. A double-whammy for this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Why Should You Put Mayonnaise In Brownies?\u00a0 <\/span> <\/h2>\n
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