Chicago's Palmer House Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 lb butter
• 18 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 8 ounces cake flour
• 24 ounces granulated sugar
• 4 whole eggs
• 1 lb walnuts, crushed (optional)
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup apricot preserves
• 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven at 300°.
• 2 melt the chocolate with the butter in a double boiler or microwave oven.
• 3 mix the dry ingredients (except for the walnuts), in a mixing bowl.
• 4 mix the chocolate with the dry ingredients (4 to 5 minutes).
• 5 add the eggs.
• 6 pour the mixture into a 9â€? x 12â€? baking sheet and sprinkle the walnuts on top.
• 7 press the walnuts down slightly into the mixture with your hand.
• 8 bake for 30 to 40 minutes. it will test "gooey" with a toothpick in the middle, due to the richness of the mixture.
• 9 after removing from the oven, allow to cool about 30 minutes before spreading a thin layer of the glaze with a pastry brush.
• 10 glaze:.
• 11 mix together the apricot preserves, the unflavored gelatin, and the water in a saucepan.
• 12 mix thoroughly and bring to a boil for 2 minutes.
• 13 use while hot.