Ingredients
- 4 oranges
- 1 package brownie mix
Preparation
Step 1
Cut the end off of the oranges and use a reamer to extract the juice. Remove the remaining pulp with a spoon until you've got a clean orange interior, down to the white pith. Reserve about 1/4 cup of the fresh-squeezed juice to use in the brownie mix itself, and save or drink the rest.
Prepare the brownies according to package directions. Add the reserved orange juice; stir to combine. Spoon the batter into the hollowed-out orange peels, filling about 1/2 - 3/4 of the way (it will expand - so don't overfill). Individually wrap each orange in heavy-duty tinfoil (I actually use two layers of foil).
Now here's where the experimentation comes in. You'll want to place the tinfoil-wrapped oranges into the hot ashes of a fire, once the fire has produced a lot of glowing coals. You do not want to place the brownies directly in the flame. So, once you've got a fair amount of hot ashes/coals to work with, dig out pockets in the ash for each orange. Sink the oranges into the ashes up to about half of their depth; mound up the ashes and coals around each orange, and even place small hot coals on top. The oranges shouldn't exactly be buried, but fairly well surrounded. And then just let them be for at least 10 minutes. You likely won't know the exact temperature of the ash and coals, so after 10 minutes, pull one of the oranges out, open up the foil and check for doneness. The ones I made last week took 15 minutes. Serve warm, of course!