Notting Hill Brownies

By michaelmeiner

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups unsalted butter -- melted and cooled
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 6 eggs -- lightly beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/3 cups cocoa
• 3/8 teaspoon baking soda -- a little less than
• 1/2 teaspoon.
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups walnuts or pecans -- optional

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9 x 13 inch an lightly with cooking spray. Line bottom with parchment paper.

In a mixer, blend melted butter with white and brown sugars, then add vanilla and eggs. Blend well on slow speed. In a separate bowl, stir together cocoa, flour, baking soda and salt. Fold into batter and blend well, scraping bottom of mixing bowl to ensure ingredients are evenly combined.

Pour or spoon batter into prepared pan. Place pan on a baking sheet (this protects bottom from overbaking while top bakes. Bake until done - about 35-40 minutes. Brownies will be set and slightly firm, but not dry. Cool then freeze cake in pan one hour before cutting. To cut, unmold from baking pan. Peel off parchment paper. Cut into large blocks (about 2 1/2 by 3 inches). Wrap each in wax paper and keep frozen or refrigerated.