Fat Witch Bakery's Legendary Chocolate Caramel Brownies

By cindyandmojo

Fat Witch Bakery's Legendary Chocolate Caramel Brownies are soft, crisp, gooey, chocolate-y, chewy, decadent, rich, fudgy and cakey all in one bite.

Ingredients

• 14 tablespoons (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter (look, I said legendary, not light!)
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon bittersweet chocolate disks (I use Guittard)
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• pinch of Kosher salt
• 30 caramel squares , unwrapped and in a small bowl
• 2 tablespoons lukewarm water

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 65mins
Adapted from dinnerthendessert.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Spray a 9x9 baking pan with baking spray and line with parchment paper.

These brownies are STICKY when they cool, you'll need help getting them out!

In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter and chocolate, in 30 second increments.

After two rounds the butter should be melted. Let the bowl sit for 2-3 minutes and the heat will melt the chocolate.

Stir them together until fully combined and let cool.

Put the caramels in a microwave safe bowl with the water.

Microwave for 1 minute, let sit for 2-3 minutes.

Stir until smooth and fully combined.

In a stand mixer, beat the eggs, sugar, and vanilla until light and creamy, for 2-3 minutes.

Add the cooled chocolate and mix until combined.

Add in the flour and salt until fully combined.

Pour half of the batter evenly in the prepared baking pan. Set the pan aside.

Pour the caramel sauce onto the brownie layer, leaving a half inch border all the way around with no caramel, this will help prevent as much caramel leaking as possible (we will still have some though).

Place the pan and the remaining brownie batter in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, to allow the caramel to harden.

Remove the pan from the refrigerator and spread the rest of the batter evenly over the caramel in an even layer.

Bake for 35 minutes.

Do not over bake, the brownies will dry out.

Cool for an hour before removing from the pan.

The caramel may cause stickyness even with the parchment and the spray, so you may have to be careful cutting them.