Name: Rich Fudge Brownies
Yield: Yield: 16 to 20 Squares
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (do not use Dutch-process cocoa); ½ cup matzoh cake meal; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, ¾ cup oil (choose avocado, walnut, or other mild, unflavored variety), or 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted kosher-for-Passover margarine, melted and cooled; 1 teaspoon kosher-for-Passover vanilla extract or 2 teaspoons kosher-for-Passover coffee-flavored liqueur; 4 large eggs; 1½ teaspoons finely ground expresso coffee or instant expresso powder; ¼ teaspoon salt (omit if using margarine); 1 cup granulated light brown sugar; 1 cup granulated white sugar

Preparation info

Yield:
16 to 20
Squares

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Jewish Holiday Cooking

By Jayne Cohen

Published 2008

About

“Is it done?”

“No, it’s not done.”

“Don’t overcook it. You overcook it, it’s no good. It defeats its own purpose.”

Robert DeNiro, as the boxer Jake LaMotta, and his soon-to-be-ex-wife, in the film Raging Bull, may have uttered those words about a steak. But when I’m baking chocolate—either brownies or my Passover Hungarian torte—that’s pretty much the subtext when my daughter Alex begins her “I think it’s ready” monologue.

The purpose