Ox's Chocoholic Brownies
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 4 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
- 4 x-lg. eggs
- 1-1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup flower
- 2 tbsp. freeze-dried coffee, dissolved in
- 1/4 cup dark rum, brandy
- kalhuha
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-3/4 lb. chocolate, a variety of dark, milk, white, coarsely chopped
- 12 oz. pecan halves
- 1/2 cup dark molasses
- Melt the butter and baking chocolate together in the microwave, about 3 minutes at high power, and stir well to mix.
- Set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Spray a 9x13x2-inch aluminum baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Line the pan with two sheets of aluminum foil long enough that about 2-inches stick out, placing the sheets perpendicular to each other.
- Spray the foil with cooking spray or butter it well.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs until light, add the sugar, salt, coffee mixture and molasses.
- Beat to mix, then add the flour and beat until mixed in.
- Add the cooled chocolate/butter mixture and mix until uniform.
- Add about 8 oz.
- of the chocolate and one-third of the pecans.
- Stir just until mixed in.
- Spread mixture into prepared pan, using a rubber spatula to clean the bowland smooth out the mixture to a uniform thickness.
- Top with the remaining nuts and chocolate.
- Bake about 50-60 minutes, until firm and starting to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Watch carefully at the end of the cooking time, and remove from oven before they burn, even if the mixture is still clinging to the sides.
- Cool, then chill, if possible.
- Use the aluminum foil handles to pull the brownies out of the pan, and turn them upside down onto a cutting board.
- Peel the foil off, and then place the brownies back into the pan.
- Cut into at least 24 pieces with a sharp serrated knife.
unsalted butter, chocolate, eggs, brown sugar, salt, flower, coffee, dark rum, kalhuha, flour, chocolate, pecan halves, dark molasses
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/2720 (may not work)