I know. There are a plethora of brownie recipes on this website. But until I find the perfect one, the search continues. I found this one when both the Pie and I had meetings on the same day (which meant we had to change out of our pyjamas and actually go to work). The Pie’s boss (and his family) had been complaining for a while that there had been no baked goods delivered, and my boss was doing the same. So I whipped up a double batch of these in the hopes that they would shut up for a while be pleased. These are more adult brownies, as they’re not as sweet as some recipes that use melted chocolate.
Start by preheating your oven to 325°F and line a 8″ x 8″ baking pan with parchment paper such that you end up with two handles out the sides.
Find a heat-proof bowl and dump in 10 tablespoons butter (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons), 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder.
Set the bowl over a pot of barely simmering water and let the butter melt until the whole thing is a gooey, grainy mess.
Remove from the heat and allow it to cool so it’s just warm to the touch. Add in, one at a time, 2 cold eggs (if the mixture was hot you’d cook the eggs and that would be bad).
Add in as well 1 teaspoon vanilla and beat the whole thing for a little bit until it’s nice and smooth.
Now you’ll want to stir in 1/2 cup all purpose flour. Stir that in really well, until it’s totally combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Continue to beat the batter until it’s smooth and glossy again. This is very thick batter for brownies, so don’t be shocked if it takes you a bit of effort.
Now, if you want, you can tip in 2/3 cup nuts of your choice. The recipe calls for chopped walnuts, but I find them too bitter so I used pecans.
Pour the batter into your parchment-ed pan.
You’ll have to put some effort into smoothing it into the corners.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the centre is completely set, and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Some people making this recipe had to cook it for an additional ten minutes but mine was done after twenty (I’m using a convection oven). Let it cool completely on a wire rack before lifting out and cutting into small pieces. I don’t have any pictures of the cut up brownies for you because I forgot and by the time I remembered they’d already been eaten. Sorry!