dampest, darkest, deadliest brownies of all time
March 7, 2007 at 1:26 am | Posted in Chocolate, Slices | 24 Commentsnow tell me, who could ever resist such a name? no, i did not coin that up. i believe i got this recipe from a library book – a couple of years ago! (there’s a ‘march 2005’ on that piece of paper) it must’ve been one of those instances where i would spend my time in the library while waiting for the boy to book out from camp in the evening so we could have a couple of hours together. (oops, sidetracked. sorry)
i thought i’d make a batch of brownies because i caught sight of a tub of vanilla ice cream in the freezer.
these little pieces of heaven actually lived up to their name. i think this is the closest you could get to utter dampness and fudginess without being wet or soggy or undercooked. it’s sticky rich and perfect with ice cream. the interesting thing about this recipe is that it calls for brown sugar instead of the normal caster sugar. that lends a sort of unique taste to the brownie, which might be acquired, but i loved it.
110g butter
120g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
a pinch of salt
2 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs
1 cup plain flour
3/4 cup chocolate chips/dark chocolate pieces
1. preheat oven to 150 degrees celsius. line a 9 inch square shallow tin with foil and grease with butter or oil.
2. in a large saucepan, melt the butter. when half melted, add the chocolate. remove from heat when the chocolate is nearly melted and stir until mixture is smooth.
3. stir in sugar, salt, vanilla essence and eggs. mix until combined.
4. stir in flour until well combined. stir in chocolate chips/dark chocolate pieces. pour batter in tin. bake for around 25-28 minutes, until top is dry but centre is still damp. remove from oven, cool completely. refrigerate and cut into squares.
and this is a set for the boy! he’s currently under a lot of stress with looming deadlines and his CCA projects, so i thought that this would cheer him up. 🙂
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Aww that is just too sweet! Could i ask where you got the cute little trays from?
Comment by thecoffeesnob— March 7, 2007 #
You are THE sweetest girlfriend ever! *grin*
And those look truly deadly…can’t wait to try it out.
Comment by tastegoblet— March 7, 2007 #
coffeesnob: i got those “inserts” from phoon huat… actually it’s 4×3, but i cut one row off. 🙂
chitz: hahaha not ever la. i’m sure there’s more people sweeter than me. :p do try it out. i had a warm one with ice cream yesterday. it was orgasmic. hehe.
Comment by mariya— March 7, 2007 #
ahhhhh it looks so so good!!
i lup dark chocolate!
and you sweet missus, you!
Comment by faizah— March 7, 2007 #
Wow my hubby will love these, he loves fudgy type brownies and I am always looking for a new recipe to try, this will be one!
Comment by Laurie— March 7, 2007 #
faizah & laurie: 😀 try it! it’s foolproof.
Comment by maya— March 8, 2007 #
These look deadly…they would not last a day under my supervision! Great recipe!
Comment by Helen— March 8, 2007 #
oh, looks so good!!! can i ask what are those blue decorations made of?
Comment by juli3t— March 8, 2007 #
thank you helen! 😀
juli3t: it’s melted white chocolate, with food colouring. 🙂
Comment by maya— March 8, 2007 #
argh nampak sedap tapi tak dapat makan!
Comment by nadia— March 9, 2007 #
nadia: tgh hint la tu. ajak kluar la! hahaha.
Comment by maya— March 9, 2007 #
hi mariya! tt time i asked to make the cupcakes with the vball theme.It was very nicely done! and my favourite love it! but kinda of abit too swt! but still job WELL DONE! thanks lots!
Comment by teckhua— March 9, 2007 #
hello teckhua, thanks for the feedback! anyway just asking, which part of it was sweet?
Comment by maya— March 9, 2007 #
i think the chocolate topping was abit too sweet. =)
Comment by teckhua— March 10, 2007 #
oh ok! i think that can’t be helped, coz that’s already dark chocolate. 🙂
Comment by maya— March 11, 2007 #
thank you thank you for this wonderful 3D brownie recipe. hurrah!!
Comment by faizah— March 12, 2007 #
hi maya~! may i ask how big of a tin u used to bake it? trying to gauge how many will come out of one batch…
Comment by steph— March 31, 2007 #
oops.. so sorry.. just saw the the recipe again… so sorry… but can u remember how many squares it would make? taking each square to be the size of the plastic tray? i wanna make this for a party but i dunno if 1 batch will be enough~!
Comment by steph— March 31, 2007 #
hello steph, hmmm i used a 9 inch shallow square tin… i think if you judge by those small squares…. around 25?
Comment by maya— April 1, 2007 #
thanks maya~! appreciate it.. will try them out really soon!! cnt wait!!!
Comment by steph— April 2, 2007 #
made this yesterday…another wonderful recipe by you…thanks!!
Comment by ijah— April 24, 2007 #
i’m trying out this receipe =D
so decadent,so sinful, yet so tempting
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