Simple Option
Bottom layer: Chocolate Cake Brownies – Box mix
– Bake 5 minutes
Next layer: Chocolate Fudge Brownies – Box mix
– Bake 25 minutes
Topping: Chocolate Fudge Brownie Icing – See recipe below
Scratch Option
Ingredients
- 2 C butter, cubed
- 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chips or chopped
- 1/2 C cocoa
- 6 large eggs
- 2 TBL flax seed
- 2 C white granulated sugar
- 2 C brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp instant coffee
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 C all-purpose flour
- 3 C chopped walnuts
- Confectioner sugar, optional for topping
Step by Step
- Grease and flour a 9×12 inch baking pan
- Preheat oven to 350º
- In a saucepan, melt butter over low heat
- Add chocolate and stir until melted, then remove from heat
- In a large bowl cream together eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt
- Stir in chocolate mixture
- Add flour (and optional walnuts)
- Spread into greased/floured 9×12 baking dish
- Bake 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out nearly clean – IT IS BETTER TO UNDER-BAKE THAN IT IS TO OVER-BAKE
- Cool completed in pan set on a wire rack
- After 15 minutes, invert pan onto rack and let cool another 15 minutes
- Place on a cutting board, then cut into bars
Want to know about the Chemistry of Brownies? CLICK HERE to find out how to custom the taste and texture of your brownies.
Fudge Brownie Topping
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2-2/3 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup whole milk ± about 105º
