Mira Digital Kitchen Scale Review + Yumtastic Brownie Recipe

The Mira Digital Kitchen Scale is handy kitchen gadget. When I first saw this scale I thought it looked very sleek and modern. I also loved the blue and orange colors of this scale. Reminds me of my son's outer space room.

The Mira Digital Kitchen Scale measures several different weights (pounds, kilograms, grams, and ounces) with just a click of a button which you can easily read on it's large LCD display screen. It can measure 0.1oz to 11lbs. That's quite a range. The only problem I had with the scale was that sometimes it took me several clicks to power it on. Guess I just wasn't hitting the sweet spot.

A digital scale can also keep your dish load down while baking. I know when I bake I use measuring cups and spoons galore (glad I have a dishwasher), but with a food scale that is greatly diminished. All you need to do is place a bowl on the scale while it is off then turn it on. The scale will display zero and you can add your ingredients accordingly. Just scoop them right out of the container until you reach your desired weight. Way less dishes. Yes!

I decided to test out how my measuring skills were compared to the accuracy of the Mira Digital Kitchen Scale by making Yumtasic Brownies (AKA Best Brownies). These aren't chewy brownies. They are more a mixture between cakelike and chewy. Probably leaning more toward cakelike. Whatever they are-they are awesome!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter + 3 tablespoons
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (43g) + 3 tablespoons
• 1/2 all purpose flour (64g)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 confectioners sugar (64g)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour a 9 x 9 baking pan. Cream 1/2 cup melted butter with sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. If you like a denser brownie – do 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/2 brown sugar.

Once the mixture is creamed well beat in 1/3 cocoa powder, flour, salt, and baking powder.

Mira Digital Kitchen Scale test: 1/3 cup cocoa powder is supposed to weigh 43g but my 1/3 cup equaled 25g. That is way off. Also, 1/2 cup flour is supposed to weigh 64g but when I hit 64g on the scale there was flour still left in my cup. Oops. Glad I had the scale to correct me.

If you like this the time to add in walnuts or chocolate chips (like I sometimes do with my peanut butter cookies). I use about 1/2 cup when I add these in. Spread the batter evenly into the 9 x 9 baking pan and bake for 25 minutes.

While the brownies are baking combine 3 tablespoons melted butter with 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and confectioners sugar.

Mira Digital Kitchen Scale test: 1/2 cup confectioners sugar is supposed to weight 64g but my 1/2 cup was 7 ounces less than it should of been.

This will make a nice shiny glaze. If you don't like your brownies too sweet you may want to forgo this step. Spread evenly over brownies as soon as the come out of the oven. Enjoy! They are great with ice cream.

After testing out the Mira Digital Kitchen Scale I can totally see how useful this product would be in the kitchen. Might explain why some recipes don't taste as they should. My ingredients were way off. I'm glad this kitchen scale can fix my recipe woes. Have you ever used a kitchen scale? I hear they are popular with weight watcher fans.

Disclosure: I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.