Taste and Create was started as a food event by Nicole from For the Love of Food. The whole purpose of Taste and Create was, and has been, and continues to be to create a community of bloggers who test each others’ recipes and share links. The participants of the event are paired together and try a new recipe from one another's blog. My partner this month is Laura from Tasteful Diversions. I spent a lazy afternoon perusing her recipes and was intrigued by her recent brownie recipe. Laura had adapted the recipe from Cook's Illustrated and I opted to follow her version. These brownies were awesome. Hubby gave them 2 thumbs up! I added a Mocha cream cheese frosting and they really were perfect!
PERFECT BROWNIES
1/3 cup Ghiradelli unsweetened cocoa1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons boiling water
2 ounces Baker’s unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons safflower oil
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
6 ounces dark chocolate chips (those melty ones you get in bulk to make fondue with at the grocery store) I used Whole Foods brand
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Line 13×9 pan with foil; spray lightly with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk cocoa and boiling water together until smooth.
- Add in unsweetened chocolate and continue to whisk until chocolate is melted.
- Whisk in melted butter and oil. (CI notes at this point that the mixture may look curdled; I have not had this issue.)
- Whisk in sugar.
- Stir in eggs, yolks, and vanilla until all ingredients are fully incorporated.
- Fold in chips.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 350° 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted halfway between edge and center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan on a rack for 1 1/2hrs.
- Using foil, remove brownies from pan and place on rack to cool another hour before serving.*
3 comments:
Yummy!! :-)
I love brownies...
They really were!
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