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Fudgy, Chewy, Cakey Brownies

Source of Recipe

USA Weekend


Recipe Introduction

Prep time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: 40-45 minutes.

List of Ingredients

2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
10 Tbs. butter (1 stick plus 2 Tbs.)
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 tsps. vanilla extract
3 large eggs


Recipe

Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk flour, salt and baking powder in a small bowl; set aside. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Fit a 16-by-8-inch sheet of foil in pan bottom and up two sides, using overhang as a handle to pull cooked brownies from pan. Spray sheet of foil with vegetable cooking spray as well. (Lining the pan makes the brownies easier to remove without crumbling later.) Chop chocolate and melt with butter in a medium bowl over a pan of simmering water. Remove from heat; whisk in sugar and vanilla, then eggs. Continue whisking until smooth and glossy. Add dry ingredients; whisk just until incorporated. Pour the batter into the pan and spread evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with wet crumbs, 40-45 minutes. Cool brownies in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Use foil handles to pull brownies from pan. Leave brownies on wire rack until completely cool, at least 3 hours. Cut into squares. If not serving right away, do not cut brownies, because the edges will dry out. The whole bar can be wrapped in plastic wrap, then foil, and refrigerated up to 5 days.

Yield: 16.

Notes: Knowing when to pull a pan of brownies from the oven is the only difficult part about baking them. If you wait until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the pan comes out clean, they're overcooked. If the toothpick comes up with really fudgy crumbs, then it's time to put them on a wire rack for cooling. I like these brownies made with Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate and Nestle's unsweetened chocolate.

Per brownie: 212 calories, 3g protein, 25g carbohydrates, 1g fiber, 12g fat (7g saturated), 173mg sodium.