the Baked brownie

May 8th, 2009 by justJENN

This is my version of the Baked brownie because – like most of my baking endeavors – I decided to make these late at night and I could only work with the ingredients I had on hand. It didn’t matter. They were fantastic.
Here’s the original.

ingredients:
1-1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
11 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips
8 ounces butter (2 sticks), cut into 1 inch cubes
1 tsp instant espresso powder
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment. Use some melted butter and butter the parchment, this will be good for easy lifting later. Trust me.

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, the salt, and cocoa powder.

In a double boiler, place the chocolate, the butter, and the instant espresso powder and watch and stir and watch and stir until melted and combined. Carefully take the top bowl off the heat – I place a towel on the counter and set it on that. It keeps the bowl steady and dry.

Add the white sugar and brown sugar. Whisk until completely combined.

Add three eggs and whisk until just combined. Then add the other two. Stir in the vanilla. per the origincal recipe: Do not over beat the batter at this stage or your brownies will be cakey.

Sprinkle the flour/cocoa/salt mix over the chocolate. Using a spatula (DO NOT USE A WHISK) fold the dry into the wet – you are only combining people, don’t go nuts with the stirring, you’ll regret it.

Pour the mixture into the pan and smooth the top with your spatula. Bake the brownies for 30 minutes, depending on your oven. Check to make sure the brownies are done with the toothpick test. You always want crumbs on the pick, not a totally clean pick. If it comes out clean, you’ve got just slightly too far.

Cool the brownies completely. This is where the lovely buttered parchment comes in handy – lift the brownies out and cut. You will thank me for the parchment idea.

Give these away as soon as possible. Or else you will eat the WHOLE pan. You’ve been warned.