Kitten’s Chocolate Explosion Brownies
These have a rich intense chocolate flavor… a chocolate lover’s dream brownie!
Notes from our test kitchen; after the addition of the eggs make certain to beat for about 5 minutes this will improve the texture of the brownies
If desired frost the brownies with my chocolate frosting posted HERE
Servings 24
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed (can use all white)
1 tablespoon vanilla
4 large eggs
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts (can use 1 cup chocolate chips or half each)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
In a large bowl using an electric mixer at medium speed beat melted butter, both sugars and vanilla until well blended.
Add in eggs and beat for at least 5 minutes (this is important).
In another bowl sift the flour with cocoa powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture and beat on low speed until blended.
Stir in the nuts.
Transfer to baking pan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Coo and frost with chocolate frosting if desired.
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yipeeeeeeee *dances with joy* I wish life’s other wishes were granted that soon
Thank you so much kitten. I can’t wait to get started on these. Do you have any particular brand of cocoa powder in mind? I use Cadbury’s. Would that do?
Thank you ever so much again.
Love
your so welcome mulan, I hope you enjoy…. Cadbury’s will work just fine, let me know how they turn out for you…
“Kitten”
Kitten, kitten, kitten!!!! these were like THE most amazing brownies I’ve ever had the pleasure of pigging out on. Not only are they intensely chocolaty and totally melt-in-the-mouth (think cotton candy tufts) but delightfully, had none of the gooey, sickly, greasy, raw mess that so called authentic, ‘fudgy’versions. The colour, the texture, the flavour complemented each other perfectly to give the family a chocolate experience they’d want over and over again.
And one more thing,though some hardcore bakers may scoff at the idea, I have tried baking with both chocolate and cocoa powder, I find using the former easier and no less in taste or colour. Not only is one saved the extra hassle of melting the chocolate in cumbersome double boilers but it is also possible to store away measured dry ingredients a la boxed mixes.
Thanks again for what I have dubbed “Chocolate Powerhouse Brownies”
YIPEEEEE! I’m doing the happy dance!!! mulan I’m delighted to hear how much you enjoyed the brownies, that is a family favorite, thank you so very much for trying the recipe and posting your wonderful review …. Chocolate Powerhouse Brownies, I love that name!!
keep in touch and drop by the site again…
Kitten
These are so sinfully delicious Carol….I”m thinking the secret to these moist and ooey gooey goodies are due to the beating of ingredients for 5 minutes. I could be wrong…but no-matter. These are a must try. I thought about using your recipe for frosting too…but there really is not need. TYSM~
Ok so my first review was just a lot of prattle about the literal explosion that these brownies are. The second time around I was able to better analyse why these are so special to me.
You see, the only brownies I grew up with had a traditional creaming process followed by heaped teaspoons of baking powder; basically a nicely puffed up chocolate cake baked in a different pan. As an adult with an increasing awareness of all things american, came the realisation that to a good number of people around the world, authentic brownies were fudgy, dense and totally un-cakey in texture.
So some experimentation later even though the fudgy variety was perfected, the gooey goodness of it was not enough to wash away the heartbreak of realizing how casually dismissed your favourite comfort
food was.
Now along comes this God send recipe that miraculously weds the gooey, dense goodness of fudgy brownies with the lighter than air sponginess of cakey brownies. Its like your favourite comfort food made all the more comforting. And that ladies is precisely why these brownies hold a special place in my heart. They soak up enough air during the beating process for that light, airy texture and yet having no rising agent means the inexplicable fudgyness is definitely there.
On a side note the recipe worked excellently for me, however for the sugar monster that hubby is, 1/4 cup of sugar had to be added in.
All agreed that this is way better than any of the stuff available in the market.
God bless you again for this great recipe and hope the ruminations do not get on others’ nerves
Wow Kit, great brownies, I will be making these for a christmas dinner that I will be attending, next week. They are going to love these rich, dark, moist and chewy brownies. So awesome, they really deserve to be in a category all by themselves.
I bow down to you oh Baking Goddess…
These brownies were amazing! (: I had two last night and two this morning (: Just out of curiousity, how many calories are in these brownies?