Kickin' Brownies
- 12 cup hazelnuts or 12 cup unblanched almonds
- 34 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 34 cup cocoa powder
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 12 cups fresh raspberries or 1 12 cups thawed frozen raspberries
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or 1 cup chopped white chocolate, , divided
- 3 tablespoons whipping cream
- 12 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 12 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (vanilla) or 12 cup chopped semisweet chocolate (, 3 ounces)
- 12 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons raspberry jam
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Spread nuts in single layer on baking sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until skins begin to flake off; let cool slightly.
- Wrap hazelnuts in kitchen towel; rub to remove as much of skins as possible.
- Cool completely.
- Process nuts in food processor until finely chopped.
- Set aside.
- Lightly grease 2 (8-inch) square baking pans.
- line bottoms of pans with foil; lightly grease foil.
- Set aside.
- Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Remove from heat.
- Blend in sugar and cocoa powder.
- Stir in eggs and vanilla until smooth.
- Stir in flour just until blended.
- Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
- Press raspberries gently into batter.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until center is just set.
- Cool completely in pans on wire rack.
- Hold wire rack over top of 1 pan; invert to release brownie.
- Remove foil; discard.
- Place cut over brownie; invert brownie.
- Prepare Ganaches.
- Reserve 2 tablespoons White Ganache; spread remaining White Ganache evenly over brownie.
- Spread raspberry jam on top of ganache.
- -------WhiteGanache----------.
- Combine 1/2 cup white chocolate chips and whipping cream in medium saucepan.
- Heat over medium heat until chocolate is half melted, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in remaining 1/2 cup white chocolate chips and almond extract until smooth.
- Keep warm (ganache is semi-firm at room temperature).
- Makes 3/4 cup.
- ------Chocolate Ganache-------.
- Combine whipping cream and butter in small saucepan.
- Heat over medium heat until mixture boils, stirring frequently.
- Remove saucepan from heat.
- Stir in chocolate and vanilla until smooth, returning to heat for 20 to 30 second intervals as needed to melt chocolate.
- Keep warm (ganache is semi-firm at room temperature).
- Makes 1/3 cup.
hazelnuts, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, vanilla, flour, fresh raspberries, white chocolate chips, whipping cream, almond, whipping cream, butter, semisweet chocolate chips, vanilla, raspberry jam
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/kickin-brownies-14336 (may not work)