Christina Marsigliese's Gluten-free Chocolate Velvet Brownies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (70% cocoa solids)
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 4 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs

Recipe

• 1 line an 8" square pan with parchment, leave a 2" overhang at each end, butter sides of pan.
• 2 melt chocolate & butter in a double boiler, or microwave.
• 3 stir in sugar & salt.
• 4 let cool for about 5 minutes.
• 5 sift cornstarch, cocoa & baking powder together.
• 6 stir vanilla & eggs, 1 at a time, into cooled chocolate mixture, until well combined.
• 7 stir dry ingredients into chocolate mixture, till smooth.
• 8 pour batter into pan.
• 9 bake at 325 for abut 25 minutes. brownies shoudl be slightly puffed, shiny & cracked.
• 10 cool on wire rack.
• 11 chill in fridge at least 1 hour before cutting.
• 12 dust with icing/powdered sugar to serve.