Dark Chocolate Cayenne Brownies Recipes

MEXICAN BROWNIES - RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly oil an 8x8 baking dish.
• Add the dark chocolate and butter to a large microwave-safe dish and microwave it on HIGH for 1 minute. Remove, stir, and microwave another 30 seconds, or until the chocolate is melted completely through.
• Stir in the brown sugar, cinnamon, cayenne, ancho powder and salt.
• Vigorously stir in the eggs and vanilla, then stir in the flour a bit at a time until the mixture thickens up nicely.
• Stir in the milk chocolate chunks, then pour the mixture into the baking dish. Smooth it out on top.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until the center is still slightly moist when tested with a toothpick.
• Cool slightly and serve!

DARK CHOCOLATE CAYENNE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 330 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter a 9x9 square brownie tin and dust with flour or cocoa butter to make getting the brownies out a lot easier.
• Combine the butter and chocolate in a metal bowl placed over simmering water and stir occasionally (this is to easily melt the butter and chocolate, but to prevent the chocolate from overheating. Keep the chocolate and butter mixture over the water throughout the process to make the chocolate easier to work with.)
• Combine the cayenne and the granulated and brown sugar together in a separate bowl, and add to the butter/chocolate mixture.
• Lightly beat the eggs and vanilla together in a separate bowl and add to the melted chocolate. Stir in until the egg disappears--this will take a bit.
• Add the flour to the mixture and stir in until smooth.
• Pour the batter into the buttered brownie tin and spread with a spatula to create a uniform top.
• Bake the brownies for 40 minutes, pulling out when a toothpick inserted into the center of the brownies comes out with a bit of batter and a few crumbs--the brownies will fully set as they cool.
• Optional: dust with a nice finishing salt (I prefer Fleur del Sel).

MEXICAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare Betty Crocker Fudge Brownies as directed on box.
• Fold in cayenne pepper and chopped chocolate. Pour into a greased pan.
• Bake as directed.
• Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.