German Chocolate Brownies

Name: German Chocolate Brownies
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 19 min
Total time: 2 h 9 min
Yield: 48 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups flour; 1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 cups sugar; 2 cups vegetable shortening; 1/2 cup light corn syrup; 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 6 large eggs; 1 1/2 cups half-and-half; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature; 6 large egg yolks; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 24 ounces sweetened flaked coconut; 2 cups pecans, chopped

Submitted by marisk

"Another recipe copied in the doctor’s office from the Food/Wine Magazine … slightly modified with my preferences. Number of servings will depend on the size of your brownies. Made this for my office and for Honolulu's Finest...they both loved it. Take only a small piece if you're on a diet or diabetic; it's very rich. Tried this in a 9x13 pan ... took an extra five minutes to bake."

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Ready In:: 2hrs 9mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 48

ingredients

BROWNIES
1 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
1 ¹⁄₄ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
2 cups vegetable shortening
¹⁄₂ cup light corn syrup
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
6 large eggs
TOPPING
1 ¹⁄₂ cups half-and-half
1 cup sugar
¹⁄₂ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
6 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
24 ounces sweetened flaked coconut
2 cups pecans, chopped

directions

BROWNIES: Preheat oven to 350.
Butter and flour a 17x11-1/2x1 baking sheet.
Whisk flour and cocoa in a medium bowl; set aside.
Using a mixer, beat sugar, shortening, corn syrup, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl.
Beat in eggs.
Add flour mixture and beat just enough to blend. Spread to edges in prepared baking sheet.
Bake until tester inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached (about 23 minutes).
Cool completely on a rack.
TOPPING: In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together the half-n-half, sugar, butter, yolks, and vanilla until mixture thickens (about 180 degrees). Stir constantly for about 15 minutes. Do not allow to boil.
Fold coconut and pecans into topping. Chill one hour then spread over brownies.

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marisk

honolulu, HI

Aloha! I just recently started spending more time in the kitchen and am learning that cooking and baking can be fun as well as challenging. My favorite cookbook resources are my 'gourmet' sister and the very patient and generous Ohana of Zaar. Mahalo nui loa! My rating system: The first time I try a recipe, I follow the instructions as given; if I do a little tweaking, I keep that in mind when rating. It's not right to rate lower because of something I did or didn't do. ***** ... Excellent! Tasted great with/without tweaking. ****  ... Loved It! Tasted great with/without tweaking. No stars ... May be an excellent recipe but I was unable to get it to work for me. May or may not try again later. We don't all have the same taste preferences. I've found recipes with lots of five stars that just didn't work for me and some with less that I thought were great. Thank you All for sharing!

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