100 Recipes by America's Test Kitchen (#35 p120)
| All-butter brownies tend to be tender, not chewy. To make brownies chewy like a box mix, you need about a 1:3 ratio of saturated to unsaturated fat (Box mix is 28% saturated to 72% unsaturated). That's why this uses oil and butter. Cocoa is added for extra chocolate flavor without affecting the fat ratio. | ||||
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| Espresso, Cocoa | ||||
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| 1 | oz | dutch cocoa | ||
| 1 | 1/2t espresso powder (optional) | |||
| 1/2 | c | + 2 T boiling water | ||
| Double Chocolate | ||||
| Add, whisk until smooth and melted. | ||||
| 2 | oz | unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine | ||
| Fat | ||||
| Whisk in. May look curdled. | ||||
| 1/2 | c | + 2 T vegetable oil | ||
| 4 | T | butter, melted | ||
| Eggs | ||||
| Whisk in until smooth and homogeneous. | ||||
| 2 | eggs | |||
| 2 | yolks | |||
| 2 | t | vanilla | ||
| Sugar | ||||
| Whisk in until incorporated. | ||||
| 17 1/2 | oz | sugar | ||
| Flour | ||||
| Mix in with spatula. | ||||
| 8 3/4 | oz | flour | ||
| 3/4 | t | salt | ||
| Triple Chocolate | ||||
| Fold in. | ||||
| 6 | oz | bittersweet chocolate, chopped ~1/2 inch | ||
| Bake | ||||
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| Cool | ||||
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