"I gave this recipe 5 stars for what I SHOULD have done, not for what I did. First, I gave too much attention to the size of pan Ina specifies, i.e., 9x12. I only had 9x13 pans, so I shaved 5 minutes off the baking time, figuring my brownies would be thinner than specified. Wrong. At 30 minutes they looked done but were underbaked -- which I di"

"This recipe makes 24 cupcakes, not 18. Do NOT fill your tins more than 1/2 full! I did that when the recipe yielded much more devil's-food batter than advertised, and I was rewarded with a huge mess. Also, I could have halved the filling recipe and still had plenty. I used salted roasted peanuts to sprinkle on top. Everyone loved the salty-sw""

"This recipe makes 24 cupcakes, not 18. Do NOT fill your tins more than 1/2 full! I did that when the recipe made much more batter than advertised, and I was rewarded with a huge mess. Also, I could have halved the filling recipe and still had plenty. I used salted roasted peanuts to sprinkle on top. Everyone loved the salty-sweet contrast. I""

"Some of the best recipes are the easiest ones. This recipe is a prime example. It doesn't yield many cookies, but they are rich, and the recipe is easily doubled. I made the basic recipe as written, except I made each cookie with 2 tsp of dough (the size of my OXO cookie scoop) instead of 1 tbsp and baked them for 8 minutes instead of 10. That"