Rich Brownie Recipes

RICH CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat in butter. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to batter and mix well. , Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, combine the cocoa and butter. Combine the water and coffee granules; add to cocoa mixture. Stir in sugar until smooth. Frost brownies.

RICH, FUDGY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9-inch-square metal baking pan, tapping out the excess flour.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove the pan from the heat. Whisk or stir in the sugar, followed by all four of the eggs and the vanilla. Stir in the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt, starting slowly to keep the ingredients from flying out of the pan and stirring more vigorously as you go. Stir until the batter is smooth and uniform, about 1 minute.
• Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan, smoothing it so it fills the pan evenly. Bake until a toothpick or a skewer inserted 3/4 inch into the center of the brownies comes out with just a few moist clumps clinging to it, about 40 minutes. Let the brownies cool completely in the pan on a rack.
• Cut into 16 squares. Keep the brownies at room temperature, well wrapped. You can freeze them, too.

EXTRA EXTRA RICH BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and unsweetened cocoa. Stir in the oil, vanilla, and 3/4 cup of evaporated milk until well blended. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• To make the frosting: In a small saucepan, combine the remaining evaporated milk, sweetened cocoa, and butter. Cook over medium heat until almost boiling, remove from heat and chill until brownies are ready. When brownies are completely cool, frost with the chilled icing and cut into bars, or frost them individually.

DISGUSTINGLY RICH BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease an 8 or 9 inch baking pan.
• Melt the butter over low heat (careful, it's easy to burn).
• In a mixing bowl combine the cocoa and sugar.
• Add the melted butter to the mixing bowl.
• Stir in the eggs and vanilla.
• Add the flour and salt and mix just until smooth.
• Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 45 minutes.

RICH DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9X9 inch cake pan. Other sized cake pan can be substituted, but a larger pan will result in thinner brownies, so reduce the heat to 325.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Stir in sugars, cocoa powder, eggs and vanilla. Once fully incorporated, add salt, flour and baking powder. Mix. Last, add chocolate chips and nuts (if desired).
• Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a knife inserted into center comes out almost clean. Top should be crusty, and sides should be separated from the pan.

RICH BLACK AND WHITE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Beat 3/4 cup butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
• Mix 2 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl; stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until batter is smooth. Divide batter into two bowls.
• Whisk cocoa powder and 1 tablespoon melted butter together in a bowl; stir into 1 of the bowls of batter. This will be the 'black half'. Pour black half into the prepared baking pan.
• Stir the remaining 1/4 cup flour and milk chocolate chips into the remaining bowl of batter creating the 'white half'. Spread white half evenly over black half. Sprinkle white chocolate chips over white half.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan, 20 to 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.