Brownies

Name: Brownies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Makes 16 squares
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 3 egg yolks; 150 g (5½ oz/1 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour; ½ teaspoon salt; 100 g (3½ oz/⅔ cup) dark chocolate, chopped; ½ teaspoon natural vanilla extract; 260 g (9¼ oz) light brown sugar (or 250 g/9 oz caster (superfine) sugar + 3 teaspoons molasses); 3 eggs; 325 g (11½ oz) dark chocolate; 125 g (4½ oz/½ cup) unsalted butter; 25 g (1 oz) cocoa powder; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) sunflower oil

Preparation info

Makes
16 squares

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

New York Cult Recipes

By Marc Grossman

Published 2013

About

Our answer to the French chocolate fondant cake. A real brownie should be dense, chewy and have a thin, shiny crust on top. You can add nuts if you want. Personally, I prefer to double the amount of chocolate.

Ingredients

Ingredients for Melting

125 g (4½ oz/½ cup) unsalted butter
325

Method

The Batter

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). In a saucepan, melt the butter, chocolate and cocoa powder over low heat. In a bowl, whisk the oil, sugar, vanilla, eggs and egg yolks vigorously for a few minutes. Combine the dry ingredients and

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