Brownie Hearts By Martha Stewart

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, plus more for cake pan
• 2 1/2 cups light-brown sugar, packed
• 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• confectioners' sugar, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, for coating bites

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 butter a 9-by-13-inch cake pan.
• 3 cut a piece of waxed paper to fit the bottom, and press it onto buttered surface
• 4 in a large microwave-safe bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and chocolate.
• 5 microwave on high for 1 minute; stir. if the chocolate is not softened, continue to microwave at 10-second intervals, removing before completely melted.
• 6 beat the eggs and vanilla into the melted chocolate with a wooden spoon.
• 7 beat in the flour and salt.
• 8 pour into prepared pan, and smooth the top.
• 9 bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out almost clean, 35 to 40 minutes. let cool.
• 10 run a knife around the edge of the pan. turn the brownie cake out onto a baking sheet, and flip over onto a work surface.
• 11 cut out the brownies with a 2 1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter.
• 12 dust with cocoa if you like.
• 13 form the scraps into 1-inch balls, and roll them in the coating of your choice.