Lavender Brownies
- michal grappe
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min read
I went on my yearly book club trip. We stayed in Rosemary Beach in Florida and had a wonderful time. There was this restaurant called Pescado's that overlooked the water from the top of the building. After ordering, sharing, and stuffing ourselves, we order their lavender brownie for dessert to share. IT was so delicious that we ordered a second one for the table. It was warm and we could all smell the lavender coming off the brownie as the waiter sat it on our table. I haven't stopped thinking about it and loved it so much that I had to recreate it. I came home and made them! They are so special!

Ingredients:
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 cups coconut sugar
4 tbs lavender flowers
1 cup dark chocolate ( chips, or chocolate bar, I like Hu baking chocolate)
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp pink salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
2 cups organic all purpose flour ( I've subbed for gluten free all purpose and it was great)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt the butter in a small sauce pan. Add the lavender flowers to butter and simmer on the lowest heat for 15-20 minutes. Don’t let the butter brown, just slightly simmer.
Strain out the lavender flowers into cheesecloth or mesh strainer into a bowl. Add the butter back to the pot on lowest heat. Add the chocolate and begin to melt. Stir continuously to prevent burning the chocolate. Once melted, add the coconut sugar, stir to combine, and turn the heat off.
In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the butter, chocolate, and sugar mixture to the dry ingredients. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine. This mixture will be thick.
Butter a pie plate or small square pan. Pour and smooth the batter into the pan. Bake for 20ish minutes.
Slice up and serve with some vanilla ice cream. You will be delighted!!

Some watches are tough to follow. Like what you ask? Watches like prototype Speedmasters. With that said, I'd argue this next one is in no danger of bringing about a lull of any sort. Unlike the aforementioned link Omega, this Rolex is free of any experimental components, but what it lacks in that department is made up link for and then some in others. link It has a story, and an impressive one at that, which surely ought to make it move fast.
1:50 Rolex Explorer II 226570 3:30 Hodinkee magazine Vol 84:28 Ed Viesturs 5:00 The 216570 Explorer II6:00 The 1655 Explorer II9:00 The 16550 Explorer II12:32 The 16570 Explorer II18:40Zenith and the Chronomaster link Revival El Primero A38520:34 The Rolex Milgauss 27:19 Entry Level link Breitling 28:22 Marathon link watches28:46 Cole's Marathon MSAR story31:02Ball watches31:20 Traser watches31:25 Cole's Marathon Navigator story33:37 How to use a 12-hour bezel 36:00 Marathon Compass
I’m sure it’s an impressive price tag, but that is also not exactly unexpected for a collector-driven 50-piece link LE that uses as much platinum as is humanly possible... assuming, of course, that Vacheron Constantin won't weave that platinum thread link into a full platinum link NATO. A fella can dream.
I'd like to think that this new(ish) Entry-Level series link has helped re-calibrate our thoughts on what an entry-point to the watch world means from brand to brand. Hell, for link Patek, it's an Aquanaut, for crying link out loud!