Friday, October 14, 2005

Raspberry Brownies - delicious!!

These brownies (recipe below) are super tasty and fun to make. They're beautiful too. I left some of the raspberry preserves visible on top for aesthetics. Delightful! Oh, and I served them with one small melonball scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Perfect sort of chaser for the decadence.

Hope the new babies are doing great. Love you all so much!


Raspberry Brownies

Recipe Summary Difficulty: Easy Prep Time: 25 minutes Inactive Prep Time: 35 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Yield: 32 brownies User Rating:

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons raspberry liqueur (couldn't find so I used 2 teaspoons rasp. extract)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups shelled walnuts, coarsely chopped (I omitted)
1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup raspberry preserves Confectioners' sugar, for dusting, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Coat a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Melt together butter and chocolate in bowl set over simmering water in saucepan. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.

Whisk eggs and sugar in large bowl until well combined, about 1 minute. Whisk in the chocolate mixture until blended. Whisk in vanilla, 1 tablespoon of the liqueur and the salt. Stir in flour in 3 additions. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Spread half of batter over bottom of prepared pan.

Mix together preserves and the remaining 1 tablespoon liqueur in small bowl. Spread over batter in pan. Place in freezer until preserves are set, about 20 minutes. Spread remaining batter over top of preserves.

Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into 32 brownies.
To serve, dust with confectioners' sugar, if desired.

1 comment:

happytape! said...

sounds delicious!!!