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Course
Cookies
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time50minutes
Servings25brownies
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
3/4cupall purpose flour
2tbspgood quality cocoa
1/4tspsalt
1/2cupbutter
5squares5 oz unsweetened chocolate or high cocoa content chocolate (over 70% cocoa)
3/4cupgranulated sugar
1/4cuplight brown sugar
3large eggs
1tspvanilla extract
3/4cupsemisweet chocolate chips
FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE
1/2cupwhipping cream
2cupsssemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Sift together flour, cocoa and salt.
Melt together butter and unsweetened chocolate over low heat. Remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.
Add eggs,vanilla and sugars. Stir very well until sugars are dissolved.
Gently fold in dry ingredients and chocolate chips.
Pour batter into a 9 inch square baking pan that has been greased and lined with parchment paper. Bake for about a half hour at 350 degrees F or until the surface of the center of the brownies appears dry and firm. Toothpick test will not work for this recipe but it will tell you if the middle is still liquid. Do not over bake these brownies or they will be dry rather than moist and chewy.
Cut into squares when completely cool and frost individually with chocolate ganache.
TO MAKE THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE
Scald the whipping cream to almost boiling.
Pour over the chocolate chips in a double boiler over medium heat and stir until smooth with all the chocolate chips melted.