Chocolate American Style by Lora Brody

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    • Categories: Candy / sweets; Dessert; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: dark chocolate; orange oil; pecans; dried cranberries
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  • Chocolate cream pie

    • Nancith on July 26, 2025

      This pie had a deep chocolatey flavor, very luscious. HOWEVER, I had some issues which may have partly my fault, since I don't do a lot of baking anymore. The crust was the most problematic--the author says, bake 10-15 minutes till crisp to the touch. Well after 13 minutes, the bottom of the crust looked to be swimming in butter & was very soft, so more time was added until it finally looked & felt reasonably firm. The finished product was rather a tooth-breaker, difficult to even slice through. The filling was tasty, but almost too thick, which may have been from slight over-ccoking, but I was pretty careful. It did please my guests, but was not as hoped for. Will probably try again now that I know not to bake the crust for longer than required.

  • German's chocolate cake squares

    • Nancith on March 24, 2015

      Wow, what a rich & luscious cake! Enjoyed by all, except the son who doesn't like coconut. the only issue was the middle of the cake sinking a lot during baking. Made the cake a day ahead & it stayed fresh & moist.

  • Mint chocolate brownies

    • SpatulaCity on December 12, 2023

      Good brownie with delicate mint flavor, though if you’re a big mint fan these may not have enough to satisfy. I had to go out of my way to find After Eight mints and was disappointed that they completely melted into the brownie during baking. The picture in the cookbook shows a nice line of mint candy so not sure what happened to mine. If you’re going for this look, maybe freeze the mints before assembling? Or use a thicker, and much easier to find, peppermint patty. I tasted the batter and didn’t find the chocolate flavor to be deep enough so added some cocoa powder and espresso powder. Would do this again if making these brownies.

  • Soft chocolate toffee bit cookies

    • trudys_person on July 22, 2020

      These are absolutely delicious and easy! They bake up with a nice shiny/crackly top. Use good chocolate - I used 66% Mexique from Cacao Barry.

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  • ISBN 10 1400045975
  • ISBN 13 9781400045976
  • Published Apr 01 2004
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 288
  • Language English
  • Edition illustrated edition
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Clarkson Potter
  • Imprint Clarkson N Potter Publishers

Publishers Text

2005 James Beard Award Nominee - Baking and Desserts

Chocolate is America's national indulgence, our favorite way of saying Welcome Home, Happy Birthday, and, of course, I Love You. Chocolate American Style brings out the gusto, down-home practicality, and uninhibited creativity that make the American way with chocolate refreshingly different from the fussy, overly complicated approach of continental chefs.


With her distinctive and charismatic voice, Brody sets out an enticing array of beloved classics such as Devil's Food Cake with White Chocolate Icing, Toll House Cookies, Chocolate Bread Pudding, and Brownies (eight different kinds!), then adds to the mouthwatering buffet recipes for new confections gathered from home cooks and restaurants across the country, and even divulges the secret of making that irresistible, I-want-to-be-a-kid-again treat, the Whoopie Pie. Organized by occasion, these no-fail recipes will keep chocoholics satisfied from morning to night, and give once-in-a-while indulgers a greatest-hits selection of simple-to-make and spectacular-tasting chocolate treasures.

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