Best Browned Butter Brownies
These Browned Butter Brownies have a crusty top, a very moist fudgy center, and a wonderfully nutty flavor from toasty browned butter. The recipe comes from Bon Appetit.
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Ingredients
- Nonstick spray
- 10 TBSP butter cut into pieces or 11/4 sticks
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp water
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup flour plus one tablespoon
- 1 cup walnut pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325, place rack in middle of oven.
- Line 8×2 baking pan with foil, and leave a two inch overhang.
- Spray foil with cooking spray.
- Melt butter in pan over medium heat.
- Continue cooking until butter stops foaming and brown bits form on the bottom of pan, stir often during the process, which takes about 5 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat and add sugar, cocoa, 2 teaspoons of water, vanilla and 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Stir to blend and then let cool for about 5 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time to hot chocolate mixture and beat until thick and smooth.
- Add flour and stir until blended.
- Beat for at least 60 strokes.
- If adding nuts or chips or any other additions, add now.
- Place the batter into the pan and smooth out.
- Bake brownies for about 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out almost clean. Do not over bake.
- Let brownies cool.
- Remove from pan by foil overhang and cut into pieces.