As Leslie Mackie’s customers attest, these brownies taste like cotton candy. They’re dense, yet cloud-like—fudgy in the center and crunchy on the outside—perfect for grown-ups and for kids. Eggs make these brownies light and soufflé-like, chocolate makes them dense, and the minimal amount of flour (2 tablespoons) makes them fudgy. Recipe adapted from the Macrina Bakery & Café Cookbook by Leslie Mackie.
Ingredients
5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
6 eggs
Instructions
1. Combine chocolate and butter in a medium bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and place in microwave oven on medium for 3 minutes. Stir well. Cool to room temperature.
2. Preheat oven to 325F. Lightly oil an 8-by-9-inch or 9-inch-square baking pan.
3. Place sugar and flour in a mixer bowl and mix 30 seconds on low speed. Increase speed to medium and add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.
4. With mixer on low speed, drizzle in the cooled, melted chocolate mixture. Increase speed to medium and mix about 1 minute or until the batter is mousse-like in texture.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and spread it evenly with a rubber spatula. Bake on center rack of oven 30 to 35 minutes or until the center is just set. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 12 brownies.
By Macrina Bakery & Cafe, "Relish Cooking with Kids," February 2006.
Nutritional Information
Per brownie: 277 calories, 19g fat, 5g prot., 22g carbs., 1g fiber, 35mg sodium.
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I made these for the first time yesterday and they didn't turn out. The batter separated while in the oven. When I took them out, the bottom was white - probably just egg and sugar and the top was chocolate w/o some of the egg and sugar.
Granted I didn't have a 9x9 pan, so I used an 8x8 pan. I also used a convection oven. I cooked them a bit longer - 40 mins - because they were not done.
I also do not have a mixer, so I used a whisk. Was that the issue? Six eggs seems like a lot of eggs. Is this recipe correct??
What do you think went wrong?
Lo
12/20/09 1:30 PM
After you add the eggs one at a time, you need to beat the batter (with a mixer) until you get a smooth, mousse-like texture. Were you able to achieve that texture using a whisk?
When we made them, the brownies were quite moist--cracked on top and very moist in the middle.
The Relish Editors
12/21/09 11:47 AM
No I wasn't. So maybe I need to beat the batter longer.
Lo
12/21/09 11:53 AM
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