Coffee Brownies
- 12 cup salted butter, divided
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee, divided
- 3 tablespoons hot water, divided
- 2 eggs
- 1 12 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, dividd
- 12 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 12 cup icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
- Preheat oven to 325F On the stove, set a metal bowl over a pot of simmering water (or use a double boiler) and add 1/2 cup butter, and the sugar and chocolate.
- Stir a few times as butter and chocolate melt.
- Meanwhile, dissolve 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee in 2 tablespoons hot water.
- Add to butter and chocolate, mixing until smooth.
- Remove chocolate mixture from heat and cool until barely warm before whisking in eggs and 1 teaspoons vanilla.
- In another bowl, mix flour and salt.
- Whisk into chocolate mixture until smooth.
- Spread in a greased 8x8 - inch baking pan.
- Bake in center of oven 25 minutes, or until top is just set.
- To make the icing, combine remaining butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder in a small bowl.
- Mix in remaining instant coffee and vanilla and 1 tablespoons hot water, stirring until smooth.
- Ice brownies in their pan while still hot.
- When cool, cut into 20 pieces.
butter, sugar, baking chocolate, instant coffee, hot water, eggs, vanilla, flour, salt, icing sugar, unsweetened cocoa
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/coffee-brownies-468418 (may not work)