Mascarpone Brownies

Mascarpone Brownies

Ingredients:

brownie ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Mascarpone cheese
2 Tablespoons coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
pinch of kosher salt

Ganache ingredients:
6 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup heavy cream
2 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with buttered parchment paper, letting the sides overlap. Set aside.

In a saucepan on medium, melt the butter and chocolate chips, stirring until combined.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, stir together the sugar and the melted butter/chocolate mixture. Add the mascapone, coffee, vanilla and eggs. Stir until smooth.

In a separate bowl whisk the flour, cocoa and salt. Carefully add it to the chocolate mixture, stirring until just combined.

Pour batter into the prepped 8×8 pan. Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick test comes out clean. Let cool in the pan.

While brownies are cooling, make the ganache. In a double boiler, melt the chocolate chips, heavy cream and butter, stirring until smooth. Stir in the vanilla. The ganache should be glossy when ready.

Pour the ganache over the brownies in the pan and let set.

Using the parchment, lift the brownies out of the pan and cut to serve.