Classic Brownies

Total Time: 53 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 33 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut in pieces
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder, but really good (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325 degrees. line an 8-inch square baking pan with foil; butter the foil.
• 2 microwave the butter and chocolate in a medium bowl, stirring every 10 seconds, until melted and blended.
• 3 cool slightly; then, with a whisk, stir in sugar (mixture will become grainy). whisk in eggs, one at a time. whisk in vanilla.
• 4 gently stir in espresso, salt and flour just until blended. with a rubber spatula, fold in walnuts. scrape batter into prepared pan; smooth top.
• 5 bake 30-35 minutes until top is dull and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with moist, chocolate-streaked crumbs attached. cool in pan on wire rack.
• 6 invert on rack, peel off foil and invert onto a cutting board. cut into 16 squares.