Freida Lous Brownies Recipes

ELSA'S BROWNIES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch square baking dish with foil and grease with cooking spray.
• Melt the semisweet chocolate and butter in a medium heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth.
• Beat together the sugar and eggs in a stand mixer on medium-high speed until creamed, about 3 minutes. Pour in the chocolate mixture and whisk until combined well. Mix in the flour, baking powder and salt for about 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in the bittersweet chocolate chunks and transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish.
• Bake until the top is shiny and set and the sides have begun to pull away slightly, about 35 minutes for fudgy brownies.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square baking dish with 1 teaspoon butter. Cut a piece of parchment paper in a strip to line the bottom and 2 sides of the dish. Butter the paper with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon butter and set aside.
• Place the unsweetened chocolate and 8 tablespoons butter in a medium heat-proof bowl that fits comfortably over a saucepan filled with 1 inch water. Place the double-boiler over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly with a silicone spatula, until the chocolate and butter are just barely melted. Remove the bowl from the heat and continue to stir for 1 minute to cool slightly. The mixture should be warm to the touch, not hot.
• Using a hand-held mixer, beat the sugar, vanilla and salt into the chocolate mixture until smooth. Add the eggs and yolk all at once and beat until fully incorporated and smooth. Fold in the flour and semisweet chocolate chips with a silicone spatula until just barely combined; a few streaks are fine. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake on the middle rack until just set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Do not overbake. Allow to cool to room temperature before cutting into 16 small pieces.

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F with rack in middle. Lightly grease or butter pan and line with crisscrossed sheets of parchment or foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang.
• Melt chocolate with butter in a large metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove bowl from pan and let cool 5 minutes.
• Add sugar and whisk well.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition, and whisk mixture vigorously until smooth and cohesive.
• Whisk in vanilla and salt.
• Add flour and cocoa and stir with whisk until incorporated and batter is smooth.
• Fold in nuts with a rubber spatula.
• Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until a wooden pick comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack.
• To remove them easily from the pan, use the parchment overhangs to lift the brownies, still on the parchment, from the pan. Cut brownies into serving pieces.

OOEY-GOOEY FUDGY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Place chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir frequently to avoid lumps, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and wipe away the water from the bottom of the bowl.
• Gradually whisk sugar into the chocolate-butter mixture. Add eggs, one at a time, whisking until combined. Fold flour and cocoa powder into the batter. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges start to pull way from the pan and top is dry, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar, butter, cocoa powder, and honey together in a bowl. Add milk gradually, stirring until icing reaches desired consistency. Spread over brownies while still warm.

BRENDA'S KAHLUA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 9-inch baking pan. Melt the butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler over boiling water. Let cool slightly. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Beat the eggs with the sugar until light. Stir in the chocolate mixture and 1/2 cup of the Kahlua, then add the flour mixture and blend. Stir in the nuts. Turn the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes. When the brownies have cooled, brush the top with the remaining 1 tablespoon of Kahlua.

FREIDA LOU'S BROWNIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Remove from heat.
• Add rest of ingredients in order, mixing well.
• Pour into a lightly greased 8 X 8 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.