Best Brownies EVER!
Author: Kirsten | My Kitchen in the Rockies
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Ingredients
  • 10 tablespoons (1¼ sticks or 141 g) salted butter
  • 1¼ cups (250 g) sugar
  • ¾ cup 2 tablespoons (73 g) unsweetened cocoa powder (natural or Dutch-process)
  • ½ teaspoon good vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon coffee extract
  • 2 cold large eggs
  • ½ cup (60 g) flour
  • ⅔ cup (80 g) walnuts, chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 325 F. Place rack on lower ⅓ of your oven.
  2. Line the bottom and sides of a 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two opposite sides. Set aside.
  3. Prepare a water bath in a pot and bring it to a low simmer. Place a heat proof bowl over it and combine the butter, sugar, and cacao powder. Stir occasionally until the mixture is melted and well combined. You would like for it to be hot.
  4. Let mixture cool a little and use a spatula to add the eggs. Stir well until the mixture becomes shiny.
  5. Add the flour. Mix slowly until it is combined. Now stir more vigorously for about. 40 strokes.
  6. Fold in the walnuts.
  7. Transfer batter evenly into the prepared baking pan.
  8. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes (baking times can vary) or until a tooth pick inserted into the center emerges slightly moist with batter.
  9. Let the brownies cool in the pan before lifting them out (holding on to the overlapping parchment paper).
  10. Cut into 16 equal pieces.
  11. Dust with powdered sugar if you like.
Recipe by My Kitchen in the Rockies | A Denver, Colorado Food Blog at http://www.mykitchenintherockies.com/2014/05/18/best-brownies-ever/