Best Ever Brownies 6 Ways Recipes

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE BROWNIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut 185g unsalted butter into small cubes and tip into a medium bowl. Break 185g dark chocolate into small pieces and drop into the bowl.
• Fill a small saucepan about a quarter full with hot water, then sit the bowl on top so it rests on the rim of the pan, not touching the water. Put over a low heat until the butter and chocolate have melted, stirring occasionally to mix them.
• Remove the bowl from the pan. Alternatively, cover the bowl loosely with cling film and put in the microwave for 2 minutes on High. Leave the melted mixture to cool to room temperature.
• While you wait for the chocolate to cool, position a shelf in the middle of your oven and turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Using a shallow 20cm square tin, cut out a square of non-stick baking parchment to line the base. Tip 85g plain flour and 40g cocoa powder into a sieve held over a medium bowl. Tap and shake the sieve so they run through together and you get rid of any lumps.
• Chop 50g white chocolate and 50g milk chocolate into chunks on a board.
• Break 3 large eggs into a large bowl and tip in 275g golden caster sugar. With an electric mixer on maximum speed, whisk the eggs and sugar. They will look thick and creamy, like a milk shake. This can take 3-8 minutes, depending on how powerful your mixer is. You'll know it's ready when the mixture becomes really pale and about double its original volume. Another check is to turn off the mixer, lift out the beaters and wiggle them from side to side. If the mixture that runs off the beaters leaves a trail on the surface of the mixture in the bowl for a second or two, you're there.
• Pour the cooled chocolate mixture over the eggy mousse, then gently fold together with a rubber spatula. Plunge the spatula in at one side, take it underneath and bring it up the opposite side and in again at the middle. Continue going under and over in a figure of eight, moving the bowl round after each folding so you can get at it from all sides, until the two mixtures are one and the colour is a mottled dark brown. The idea is to marry them without knocking out the air, so be as gentle and slow as you like.
• Hold the sieve over the bowl of eggy chocolate mixture and resift the cocoa and flour mixture, shaking the sieve from side to side, to cover the top evenly.
• Gently fold in this powder using the same figure of eight action as before. The mixture will look dry and dusty at first, and a bit unpromising, but if you keep going very gently and patiently, it will end up looking gungy and fudgy. Stop just before you feel you should, as you don't want to overdo this mixing.
• Finally, stir in the white and milk chocolate chunks until they're dotted throughout.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin, scraping every bit out of the bowl with the spatula. Gently ease the mixture into the corners of the tin and paddle the spatula from side to side across the top to level it.
• Put in the oven and set your timer for 25 mins. When the buzzer goes, open the oven, pull the shelf out a bit and gently shake the tin. If the brownie wobbles in the middle, it's not quite done, so slide it back in and bake for another 5 minutes until the top has a shiny, papery crust and the sides are just beginning to come away from the tin. Take out of the oven.
• Leave the whole thing in the tin until completely cold, then, if you're using the brownie tin, lift up the protruding rim slightly and slide the uncut brownie out on its base. If you're using a normal tin, lift out the brownie with the foil. Cut into quarters, then cut each quarter into four squares and finally into triangles.
• They'll keep in an airtight container for a good two weeks and in the freezer for up to a month.

ABSOLUTELY BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease and flour a 9 x 9-inch pan.
• In a bowl, beat together the butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
• Combine the cocoa, salt, and flour together; stir into the sugar mixture.
• Stir in the walnuts.
• Spread evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until firm.

BEST EVER CHEWY-GOOEY BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a medium pan over low heat combine butter and unsweetened chocolate.
• Stir until melted and well blended.
• Remove from heat.
• Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Add flour and mix well again.
• (these steps are important) Butter an 8 inch square pan.
• Pour in batter, spread evenly and sprinkle on topping of choice, if any.
• Bake in a 350 oven for about 25 min or until center springs back when gently touched.
• Cool on a wire rack, frost with fudge sauce or serve warm with ice cream and sauce poured over top.
• ---------Fudge Sauce--------.
• In a medium saucepan combine whipping cream and chocolate.
• Stir until melted, add vanilla and rum or mint liqueur.
• --------Rocky Road Brownies-------.
• Add 1 cup mini marshmallows to batter and sprinkle top with walnuts.
• -------Butterscotch-pecan-------.
• Omit white sugar in preceding recipe, instead add 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar, omit unsweetened chocolate and increase flour to 1 cup.
• Top with 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• ------Peanut Butter Brownies--------.
• Make preceding recipe reducing butter to 5 Tbsp and omit unsweetened chocolate.
• Insteat add 3/4 cup peanut butter into melted butter.
• Reduce sugar to 1 cup and add 1/4 tsp baking powder.
• Sprinkle batter with 1/2 cup chopped peanuts.
• --------Milk Chocolate brownies---------.
• Make preceding recipe but decrease sugar to 3/4 cup.
• Omit unsweetened chocolate and use 2/3 cup chopped milk chocolate or milk chocolate baking bits.
• Increase flour to 3/4 cup.
• Sprinkle top with 3/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts or hazlenuts chopped.
• --------White Chocolate Brownies--------.
• Make preceding brownie recipe preceding, but decrease butter to 6 Tbsp.
• Omit unsweetened chocolate and use 1 3/4 cups chopped white chocolate or white chocolate baking bits.
• Not using any heat add 1 cup of the chocolate into melted butter.
• Decrease sugar to 1/2 cup and increase vanilla to 1 1/2 tsp.
• Sprinkle batter with remaining white chocolate and 1/2 cup chopped toffee candy.
• Bake for 40 minutes.
• When I refer to preceding recipe I am talking about the original recipe posted-not the optional recipes.
• Enjoy.

THE BEST BROWNIES EVER!!!!

Steps:

• Grease a 9 x 13 pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Whisk the flour and salt together in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Now make a water bath (or use your double boiler). Fill a suacepan with water, about half way. Set it on the stove and heat the water. Place a heat-proof bowl, like a mixing bowl, right on top. The water may touch the bottom of the bowl, but it should not over flow. Place the butter and chocolate in the bowl. We are now melting the butter and the chocolate together.
• Stir frequently; chocolate needs to be melted gently so it won't seize. When the butter and chocolate are combined, add one cup of sugar and the vanilla. Set the mixture aside.
• In a bowl for mixing, put the remaining cup of sugar and the eggs. Mix together until just combined.
• Take about half of the sugar/egg mixture, and while stirring, add to the chocolate mixture. Keep the egg mixture moving to prevent cooking the eggs.
• Now back to your mixer - beat the remaining egg/sugar mixture on medium high until it doubles in volume, or about 3 minutes.
• Using your spatula, fold the whipped egg mixture into the chocolate mixture. Now sprinkle the dry ingredients over your batter. Gently fold, working only until you no longer see the flour.
• Scrape all that batter into your prepared pan. Bake in a 350-degree oven for about 25 minutes, until done.
• The top of the brownie will look like a dry lake bed. Test the brownies to see if they are done. You are mainly looking for the brownies to set up. When it sets up you are done heating them. They will continue to cook when you remove them from the oven. This will ensure that you do not overcook the brownies. You will want them nice and moist.
• You MUST resist the urge to cut into these treats. Just wait! Let the brownies set for about an hour. You will be happy you waited.