Brownies from Baked NYC

Okay, so these really aren’t from Baked, NYC, but from their book, Baked: New Frontiers in Baking. And truth be told – these are the best brownies I've come by in a long, long time; I have fallen in love with brownies all over again! (If you think I'm exaggerating, go check with Oprah). As if the brownies weren’t delicious on their own, I gilded the lily by making three variations of them – walnut, chocolate chip, and hold your breath – Dulce de Leche! I’ve gobbled down too many brownies to publicly admit and I only wish I had the foresight to save a piece just so I don’t miss them terribly while writing this post.

just look at the pockets of Dulce de Leche!

I absolutely loved how the Black Forest Cookies turned out the last time I tried a recipe from the Baked book so I blindly followed the recipe without making any major changes ( I granulated sugar instead of ½ a cup of light brown sugar because of lack of availability). Love this book – strongly recommend it!

I began by putting things for the recipe and squealed as I weighed out the ingredients – 11 heavenly ounces of 60% cacao chocolate. Oh the joy, the joy! And 5 eggs? This has got to be R.I.C.H.! And don’t forget, we’re making three types to make it all the more fun!

three type - walnut, chocolate chip and Dulce de Leche!

Just look at the ooey-gooey brownie – I mean, really, how can you not feel like running to the pantry to check if you’ve got enough chocolate or flour to make this? Go ahead, you know everyone wants you to. And then thank me, the baked boys and everyone in between.

Here you go...!

Super Rich, Fudgy, Gooey, Intensely Chocolatey Baked Brownies
Adapted from: Baked
Yield: 24 bars

1 1/4th cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp dark unsweetened cocoa powder
11 oz. dark chocolate (60-72% cacao)
1 cup / 2 sticks / 225 g butter
2 cups granulated sugar
5 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract

Additional toppings:
Walnuts
Chocolate chips
Dulce de Leche

1. Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C. Butter a 9x13 baking pan or line it with baking parchment (I used a 9x9 square, light coloured tin).
2. Whisk the flour, salt and cocoa together. If you’re going to be using salted butter, you should skip the salt here.
3. In a large bowl put together the butter and chocolate and set it over a pan of simmering water until the chocolate and butter are completely melted and smooth. Add the sugar and stir so that it dissolves faster and is well combined.
4. Once the mixture is at room temperature, add in 3 eggs and whisk until combined. Add the remaining two eggs and vanilla.. Do not overbeat!
5. Fold in the flour mixture into the bowl ful of chocolate goodness until just combined. Again, don’t overdo – better to have a few streaks of flour than an overmixed batter.
6. Pour the batter into the tin and top a third with chopped walnuts, another third with the chocolate chips and the final third with dulce de leche spooned over (this being dense will sink into the brownie batter giving you gorgeous pockets of South American goodness in every bite).
   
7. Bake for 30 minutes until a wooden skewer comes out without being drippy (it won’t be all that clean in the dulce de leche section – this will always be gooey!)
8. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely before cutting into pieces.

Tip: A brownie will continue to cook even after you’ve removed it from the oven. So it’s okay to remove it when it’s just slightly underdone. Wait until it’s completely cooled to cut.

Storage: Tightly covered, these will keep for 3 days. Sometimes these even get better after 24 hours. But don’t really bother because they’ll be gone in a flash.

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