Decadent Brownies

Yield: Makes 16 brownies

Designed after the popular dessert called chocolate decadence, these brownies are sinfully rich, smooth and chocolatey.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dark corn syrup

1/2 cup butter

6 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate

3/4 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 teaspoon vanilla

Fudge Glaze (recipe follows)

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 8-inch square pan. Combine corn syrup, butter and chocolate in large heavy saucepan over low heat. Stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from heat; blend in sugar. Stir in eggs, flour, walnuts and vanilla. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or just until center is set. Do not overbake. Meanwhile, prepare Fudge Glaze. Remove brownies from oven. Immediately spread glaze evenly over hot brownies. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into 2-inch squares.

Fudge Glaze

Ingredients:

3 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate

2 tablespoons dark corn syrup

1 tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon light cream or milk

Preparation:

1. Combine chocolate, corn syrup and butter in small heavy saucepan. Stir over low heat until chocolate is melted; mix in cream.

Irish Brownies

Yield: Makes about 16 brownies

Ingredients:

4 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup Irish cream liqueur

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Irish Cream Frosting (recipe follows)

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 8-inch square baking pan. Melt chocolate and butter in medium, heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, with wire whisk. Whisk in liqueur. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl; stir into chocolate mixture until just blended. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.

2. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until center is set. Remove pan to wire rack; cool completely. Prepare Irish Cream Frosting; spread over cooled brownies. Chill at least 1 hour or until frosting is set. Cut into 2-inch squares.

Irish Cream Frosting

Yield: Makes about 2/3 cup frosting

Ingredients:

1/4 cup (2 ounces) cream cheese, softened

2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

2 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur

1-1/2 cups powdered sugar

Preparation:

1. Beat cream cheese and butter in small bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in liqueur. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until smooth.

Brownie Recipe

Brownie Ingredients

This recipe calls for:

6 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa

1/4 Cup Butter

1 Cup Sugar

1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

1/3 Cup Flour

2 Eggs

1 Cup Toasted Pecans (if you need to know how to roast pecans, here it is: How to Roast Pecans)










Brownie Equipment

For this recipe you will need:

8x8 Baking Pan

Measuring Cups

Measuring Spoons

Spatula

Mixing Spoon

Crisco (Vegetable Fat)











First Step: Melting and Mixing

First, in a microwavable dish, melt the 1/4 cup of butter. Then stir this into the 6 Tablespoons of Unsweetened Cocoa.










Second Step: Mixing Brownie Batter

Now, combined with the butter and cocoa and mix in thoroughly:

I Cup Sugar

2 Eggs

1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1/3 Cup Flour

1/4 Teaspoon Salt











Third Step: Brownie Batter

This is how your final batter should look. If you would like to add pecans to your batter do it now.

Now, pre-heat oven to 325F degrees.










Fourth Step: Flouring The Brownie Pan

You will need to flour the baking pan. First, cover the glass dish with Crisco (vegetable fat) or butter. Then put a few tablespoons of flour, or cocoa, in the dish and shake it until the sides and bottom are covered. This will keep the brownies from sticking to the dish.













Fifth Step: Pouring Brownie Batter

Pour the brownie batter into the dish.











Sixth Step: Cooking and Cooling Brownies

After your oven has preheated to 325F, put the brownies into the oven for 35-40 minutes. Poke your brownies with a toothpick. If the tooth pick comes out clean, your brownies are done! Now, take them out of the oven and let them cool until slightly warm. You are ready to cut and serve.

Scandinavian Brownies

Scandinavian Brownies

(One-layer Chocolate Cake)
Yield: 24 servings

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup (170 g) all-purpose flour
1 ¾cup (340 g) sugar
4 tablespoons unsweetenet cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup (170 g) butter
3 fl oz (0.9 dl) boiling water
3 eggs
4 oz (120 g) chocolate chips (40-50% cocoa)
5 oz (150 g) chopped walnuts or pecan nuts

Frosting

1/3 cup (85 g) butter
8 oz (220 g) sweet or semisweet dark chocolate
2 tablespoon light corn syrup
2 tablespoon hot espresso or very strong coffee

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C).
2. Line a 13 x 9 in (33 x 23 cm) cake tin with grease proof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin.
3. Melt the butter in a saucepan.
4. In a bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract.
5. Add eggs, melted butter and hot water and mix until smooth.
6. Add chocolate chips and nuts.
7. Bake at 350 degrees F until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 20-30 minutes.
8. Cool the cake. Glace with the chocolate frosting.
9. For the frosting, mix butter, chopped chocolate, syrup and coffee and heat in a double boiler until melted. Stir until smooth and spread over the cake.

Variations

1. For these brownies you may instead use frosting with cocoa powder.
2. You may add 1 tablespoon of espresso mix to brownie batter and use only semi-sweet ghiradelli chocolate chips and baking chocolate for the best result.