Perfect-Ending Brownies
Recipe from Midwest Living

These chewy brownies, topped with a chocolate glaze and chopped nuts, are a great anytime snack or dessert.


Perfect-Ending Brownies

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Servings: 9 giant brownies
Prep Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Related Categories: Brownies, Brownies, Chocolate Desserts, Christmas Desserts, Christmas Party, Fudge Brownies, Low Sodium, New Year's, Valentine's Day
 
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Ingredients
  • 1/3  cup
    butter
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  • 2  ounces
    unsweetened chocolate, cut up
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  • 2 
    eggs
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  • 1  cup
    sugar
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  • 1  tablespoon
    corn syrup (optional)
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  • 1  teaspoon
    vanilla
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  • 3/4  cup
    cake flour or all-purpose flour
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  • 1/2  teaspoon
    baking powder
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    salt
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  • 1  cup
    chopped pecans (optional)
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  • 1  recipe
    Chocolate Glaze (see recipe below)
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    Chopped pecans (optional)
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Directions
1.
Grease an 8x8x2-inch baking pan. Set aside.
2.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat and cool.
3.
Stir eggs, one at a time, into chocolate mixture. Stir in sugar, corn syrup (if you like), and vanilla.
4.
In a bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in the 1 cup pecans, if you like.
5.
Spread into prepared baking pan. Bake in 350 degree F oven for 35 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack. Drizzle with Chocolate Glaze and sprinkle with additional pecans, if you like. Makes 9 giant brownies.

Chocolate Glaze
In small saucepan, melt 1-1/2 ounces cut-up semisweet chocolate and 1 tablespoon butter or margarine over low heat, stirring often. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar and enough hot water (2 to 3 teaspoons) to make a drizzling consistency.
Nutrition information
Calories 283, Total Fat 14 g, Saturated Fat 8 g, Cholesterol 70 mg, Sodium 189 mg, Carbohydrate 39 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 8%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 3%, Iron 8%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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