Boston Brownies Recipes

BOSTON COOKING SCHOOL BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Grease and 8x8 baking pan with butter. Line with parchment paper and grease the paper. Set aside.
• Melt butter and chocolate together in a 2-qt saucepan, stirring often.
• Remove from heat and stir in sugar.
• Add eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth.
• Add nuts, if using, and flour, and stir until incorporated.
• Pour into prepared baking pan and smooth.
• Bake about 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let cool at least 2 hours before cutting and serving.

RICK KATZ'S BROWNIES FOR JULIA CHILD

Steps:

• Getting ready: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Put a 9-inch square baking pan (Pyrex is good for this) on a baking sheet.
• Whisk the flour and salt together.
• Set a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water, put the butter in the bowl and top with the chopped chocolate. Stir frequently until the ingredients are just melted - you don't want them to get so hot that the butter separates. Add 1 cup of the sugar and whisk gently just to incorporate it, then remove the bowl from the pan of water. Stir in the vanilla and transfer the warm chocolate to a large bowl.
• Put the remaining 1 cup sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer or a medium bowl and, using a whisk, stir in the eggs. Switch to a rubber spatula and, little by little, add one half of the sugar-egg mixture to the warm chocolate, stirring very gently but without stopping - you don't want the heat of the chocolate to cook the eggs.
• With the whisk attachment or with a hand mixer, beat the remaining sugar and eggs on medium-high speed for about 3 minutes, or until they double in volume. Using the spatula and a light touch, fold the whipped eggs into the chocolate mixture, stopping just short of blending them in completely. Sprinkle the dry ingredients over the batter and delicately fold them in, working only until they disappear. Scrape the batter into the pan and smooth the top with the spatula.
• Bake for 25 to 28 minutes, or until the top looks dry. Poke a thin knife into the center and take a peek: the brownies should be only just set and still pretty gooey. Transfer the pan to a rack and cool to room temperature.
• The brownies are fragile and best cut in the pan. Cut eighteen 1 1/2-x-3-inch bars.

BOSTON BROWNIES

Steps:

• Prehaet oven to 180oc 160oc for fan.
• Grease a 7in sandwish tin or a swiss roll tray works well and line with baking paper.
• in a bowl add the butter and chocolate and melt over a pan of simmering water.
• Once melted add the sugar and stir to combined remove the bowl from the heat.
• Sift the flour and the salt in to the chocolate mixture add the beaten eggs and vanilla.
• With a wooden spoon beat the brownie mix until you have a smooth batter.
• Stir in the walnuts if using pour into the prepared tin and bake for 20-30 minutes (I suggest you check the brownies after 20 minutes) the brownies should look risen and just cracking on top.
• Remove from the oven place on a wire rack to cool in the tin when they are just warm remove from the tin peel back the paper and cut into bars (at this stage they should have a crispy top) they can be served just warm or left to go cold.