Perfect Brownies
"Martha Stewart's brownies that have brown sugar in them!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
15
ingredients
- 18 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for pan
- 12 ounces best-quality bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1⁄4 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 1 3⁄4 cups pecan halves, coarsely chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Butter a 7 by 11 1/2 by 2-inch baking pan.
- Line with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, combine the butter and chocolate and melt.
- Remove from heat and let stand until cool.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together into a medium bowl; set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs until thick and creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Gradually beat in the sugar.
- Continue beating until mixture is thick and mousse-like and a trail is left on the surface when the whisk is lifted, about 3 minutes more.
- Gradually fold in the chocolate mixture, alternating with the dry ingredients.
- Fold in the nuts.
- Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake until top is cracked and the center is just firm to the touch, about 40 to 45 minutes.
- The brownies should not have a cake-like consistency.
- Remove from oven and let cool in pan.
- Cut into squares in the pan before turning out onto a board.
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Reviews
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These are extremely good. The chocolate alone might set you back $8-10 if you get Ghirardelli chocolate (which I used). But the result is a luxurious brownie, for special occasions or when you want to impress somebody. Using Ghirardelli chocolate gave it a very complex chocolate flavor. It's something anyone who's a fan of food can appreciate.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
cooking_geek
Charlottesville, Virginia
