turmeric blackberry blonde brownies

turmeric infused butter

blackberry turmeric syrup

turmeric stained parchment

plate of blonde browines that look brown

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I’ve asked myself several times whether to share this obscure and surprising recipe. Vacillating between yes sometimes no, obviously yes won. My hesitation stems from worry that a recipe’s visual merit reigns imperative for food blogging, recipe websites and social sharing. Recipes you can almost taste through your phone or laptop that spark interest and create beautiful food preside as normal.

While visual food culture isn’t actually new, I nevertheless wonder how a beautiful picture assures taste. Obviously it cannot and does not. How can a mouthwatering photo guarantee the recipe will work well and the result will resemble that photo? My own failures have led to my skepticism. I now know of endless filters and edits that can make anything look better. I have experienced the temptation and witnessed the ease to accomplish with no photography experience required.

I also deliberate on perfection. My own imperfect recipes still taste good. Ultimately we bake for the pleasure of others, those we care about. I keep returning to the belief that if people you love eat and enjoy what you make, then that could define perfect. No matter the visual masterpiece.

I made these brownies because I wanted to bake using a delicious blackberry turmeric syrup I had recently concocted. I decided to add more turmeric thinking it blends well with fat. Traditionally in Ayruvedic medicine, turmeric and ghee combine into a restorative remedy. With multitudinous health and wellness benefits why not add turmeric in higher amounts. This recipe uses syrup whisked into melted butter so I infused the butter with turmeric while it was melting. But I added a lot, perhaps too much. The butter turned deep yellow almost orange which differed from adding turmeric to the blackberry syrup, it had not changed that color. I suppose purple covers yellow better and adding yellow to yellow just makes it more yellow. I imagine there is science to this and I wonder how chefs tackle strong color-changing ingredients like turmeric when they create.

Returning to my posting hesitation…these brownies while flawed, taste delicious. Depending on the light, they look either brownish green or greenish yellow, neither all that appealing and certainly not brownie-like. Otherwise, they are soft and cakelike with bites of chocolate, a bit rustic in flavor from buckwheat flour and different but pleasing. Additionally, the turmeric and blackberries transform them into healthy nourishment. But the ultimate outcome came from when my daughter said she loved them.
I wonder…would you try them? Please send me a message and tell me.

brownie plate

chamomile

infusing chamomile butter

batter

brownies out of the oven

chocolate chips inside

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Chamomile, so well known for soothing and calming, I never expected it to give me lessons in strength.

Three years ago I decided it was misguided to think myself an herbalist having no experience in growing herbs. In fact, I didn’t have experience in growing anything, but I had a beautiful backyard. So I had my landscaper shape a new large garden bed and I bought a starter seed pack with 20 varieties of medicinal herbs. Besides the brief planting instructions on the seed packages, I had no idea what I was doing. I planted in stages, 4 or 5 types of seeds at a time, some in the new garden bed, some in other barren areas of my yard. Among the first group I planted were tiny chamomile seeds. Less than half the herbs ever grew, but the ones that did flourished. I watched every little bud but often I had no idea what I was watching because amateur that I was, I forgot to mark my plantings. I also could not tell the difference between the prolific weeds that popped up everywhere and the herbs that I wanted to grow but sometimes didn’t.

But there was no mistaking the tiny daisy-like chamomile flowers. I was completely excited the first time I saw one bloom. For such delicacy, my chamomile has reseeded itself each year since I planted and just keeps spreading, growing taller and making more flowers. A true example of endurance. This plant has become my inspiration for I would like to endure and flourish with the herbal bake shoppe. The whole concept of baking with herbs entered my world with chamomile and vanilla cupcakes. Since, I have seen other recipes but when I first mixed chamomile into cupcake batter, I never had. So, as my chamomile blooms, it is with motivation to create delicious and well loved culinary herbal treats that I turn to brownies. These are another of my children’s favorites and they too are my inspiration as I ever strive to bake what they love and for their tasting approval. Adding chocolate chips helps, too.