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The Palmer House Brownie

The Palmer House Brownie

downtonabbeycooks · January 29, 2022 ·

The Palmer House Hotel opened in Chicago in 1871.  Their kitchens created a delicious chocolate treat for the 1893 World Fair and came to be known as a brownie. Food historians agree that brownies are an American creation, and credit Fannie Farmer for the first published … [Read more...] about The Palmer House Brownie

Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Celebration, Dessert, Gilded Age, Labor Day, Sweets Tagged With: history of the brownie, The Palmer House Brownie

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