Black Pepper Brownies Recipes

BLACK PEPPER BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F, moving the rack to just below the middle of the oven.
• Grease and line a 10in square baking tin with baking parchment, using enough to hang over the sides.
• Break the chocolate into small pieces and put it in a heatproof bowl with the butter.
• Place the bowl over a pan of steaming, but not quite simmering, water (make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the surface of the water) and stir until the chocolate and butter are melted and well combined. Gradually sprinkle in the cocoa powder and whisk until smooth. Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.
• Beat together the eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, salt and ground pepper until well mixed.
• Gradually beat in the still-warm chocolate mixture, then stir in the flour, mixing well.
• Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 35-40 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out very slightly sticky - brownies are meant to be gooey in the middle.
• Leave the brownies in the tin until completely cool. Lift from the tin using the overhanging baking parchment. Slice into squares and serve.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x8 square baking dish.
• Combine the black beans, eggs, oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract, sugar, and instant coffee in a blender; blend until smooth; pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top of the mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes.

BLACK FOREST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with enough aluminum foil to hang over the edges. Spray the foil with cooking spray.
• Melt baking chocolate and butter together in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each melting, for 1 to 3 minutes. Stir sugar into chocolate mixture until dissolved. Cool mixture slightly.
• Mix eggs into into chocolate mixture until well mixed; stir in vanilla extract. Stir flour into chocolate mixture just until batter is moistened.
• Process pecans and dried cherries in a food processor until chopped; fold into batter with chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until brownies begin to pull away from the edges and are set in the middle, about 1 hour.

BLACK RUSSIAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line bottom of 13x9 inch baking pan with waxed paper.
• Melt chocolate and butter with pepper in small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and cool.
• Combine eggs, sugar and vanilla in large bowl, beat well. Stir in cooled chocolate mixture, Kaluha and vodka.
• Combine flour, salt and baking powder and add to chocolate mixture. Stir until blended. Add walnuts. Spread in prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven just until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Do not over bake.
• Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.