Oh, fellow Strumpets, the sacrifices I make for you and our readers (back of hand to forehead – deep sigh).
So, quit buying those boxes of chemicals and make better tasting (and better for you) brownies at home!
Pre-heat oven to 350° and spray or grease a 13X9 glass or metal baking pan
• One cup of strong hot coffee
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 4 ounce unsweet baker’s chocolate
• ½ cup (two sticks) butter
Combine above until chocolate and butter is melted (can use microwave if coffee not hot enough- at 50% power) allow to cool to room temperature or until only slightly warm.
In a bowl mix by hand until just combined (it’s important not to over mix) the following:
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
Add cooled coffee/cocoa/ chocolate/butter to bowl and mix by hand until incorporated
The following additions are optional
• 1 cup or more of walnuts
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces
Put into prepared pan and bake for 30 – 35 minutes – a toothpick inserted into middle of brownies will collect crumbs – be careful not to over bake.
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Oh man, just when I thought I’d grabbed control of my willpower. Sigh. You do make it look so easy, Elvy. I might actually try this one.
Oh good – my sacrifices will not have been in vain, because I know those suckers put another five pounds on me.
I might try this, too, at some point. I have just enough of the ingredients on hand, and it does look easy. Hmm.
These brownies keep well too Alexa – don’t refrigerate, keep wrapped and the darn things just get better and better.
Elvy, you’ve done it again. These look amazing! I’m gonna print it out and give it a whirl. One question, my DH is coffee-phobic–will he be able to tell?
It’s always amazing how much coffee I can put in anything chocolate, and no one will be the wiser. Even my daughter – the super-taster. When I need the powdered kind of coffee for chocolate pudding, for instance, I use half of one my husband’s Keurig cups of expresso, and it works just as well to boost chocolate’s flavor, which in my opinion can never be boosted enough.