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Brownies, (chewy)

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From Cook's Illustrated.

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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup Dutch Processed Cocoa
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Instant Espresso powder (optional)
  • 1/2 cup + 2 Tbs. Boiling Water
  • 2 oz. Unsweetened Chocolate, finely chopped
  • 4 Tbs.(1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup + 2 Tbs. Vegetable Oil
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 2 large Egg Yolks
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 1 3/4 cup Unbleached All Purpose Flour
  • 3/4 tsp. table salt
  • 6 ounces Bittersweet chocolate, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1 cup Toasted Walnut pieces (not in original recipe)

Details

Preparation

Step 1

1. Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 350F. Make a foil sling for a 9x13 inch pan. (Cut an 18 inch piece of foil and fold length foil and fold lengthwise to 8 inch width. Fit foil into length of pan, pushing it into corners and up the sides of the pan. Allow excess to hang over the sides of the pan. Cut a 14 inch length foil and fit into width of pan in the same manner, perpendicular to the first sheet.) spray with Pam.

2. Whisk cocoa, espresso powder if using, and boiling water together in a large bowlk until smooth. Add unsweetened chocolate and whisk until chocolate is melted. Whisk in melted butter and oil. (Mixture may look curdled.) Add eggs, yolks and vanilla and continue to mix till well blended. Whisk in sugar until fully incorporated. Add flour and salt with a rubber spatula, until combined. Fold in bittersweet chocolate pieces.

3. Scrape better into prepared pan and sprinkle with walnut pieces. Bake until a toothpick inserted halfway between the edge and the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs, 30-35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and cool 1 1/2 hours. If using a Pyrex pan, remove the brownies, using the foil overhang, after 10 minutes of cooling. Cool a metal pan for the full time in the pan. Remove the brownies and cool again for about 1 hour. Cut into 2 inch squares and serve.

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