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Rich Brownies

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Rich Brownies

Rich brownies are cake-like but are denser and not springy or gooey.

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Ingredients

ServingsServes 8–10Original: Serves 8–10 (calculated as 8)
  • unsweetened baking chocolate, 110 g4 oz
  • solid fat, 160 g / 1.6 dl; e.g. margarine, butter, shortening, or lard2/3 cup
  • caster sugar, 450 g / 2.7 dl2 cup
  • egg4
  • vanilla1 tsp
  • flour, 300 g / 3 dl1 1/4 cup
  • baking powder1 tsp
  • salt1 tsp
  • nuts, 240 g / 2.4 dl; coarsely chopped; walnuts in 1 cm / 1/2 inch pieces work well1 cup

Method 8 steps

  1. Heat oven to 175 °C (350 °F).

  2. Melt chocolate and margarine in a double boiler, or (carefully) in a saucepan on low heat, stirring often.

  3. Remove from heat.

  4. Mix in the sugar, eggs and vanilla.

  5. Excluding the nuts, mix the dry ingredients with each other, and then into the wet mixture.

  6. Mix in the nuts.

  7. Spread into a 30x20 cm (13x9 in) baking pan, or into two 20x20 cm (8x8 in) baking pans.

  8. Bake for 30 minutes, or until brownies pull away from the sides of the pan.

Region evidence: no stated origin (basic dish)

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