I have spent my life looking for the perfect brownie recipe from scratch. I try a brownie recipe only to find that they are dry or crumbly, or bland, or just not like the yummy box mix! I found this recipe on
Brown Eyed Baker - she is amazing and recipes are amazing! She said the recipe is from Cook's Illustrated. Wherever it's from doesn't matter - what matters that they are amazing! They are chewy and chocolaty and everything a brownie should be. This is now the brownie recipe I will always go to!!
Chewy Brownies
Yield: 24 brownies
1/3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa
½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons boiling water
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, melted
½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2½ cups (17½ ounces) sugar
1¾ cups (8¾ ounces) all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into ½-inch pieces
1. Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 350 degrees
F. Line a 9×13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving about a one-inch
overhang on all sides. Spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Whisk cocoa and boiling water together in large
bowl 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 whisk until smooth and
homogeneous. Whisk in sugar until fully incorporated. Add flour and salt
and mix with rubber spatula until combined. Fold in bittersweet
chocolate pieces.
3. Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake until toothpick inserted
halfway between edge and center comes out with just a few moist crumbs
attached, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack and cool 1½ hours.
4. Using foil overhang, lift brownies from pan. Return brownies to
wire rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into 2-inch squares
and serve. Brownies can be stored in an airtight container at room
temperature for up to 4 days.
(From Cook’s Illustrated, March & April 2010 issue)
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