The characteristic of brownies is the soft melting center and the crunchy crust on the surface with a crepe-like appearance. This chocolate cake is cut into squares after cooking and is one of the most popular American desserts after pancakes . Delicious eaten as they are for a snack or breakfast , but equally good served as a dessert with whipped cream, custard , mascarpone cream or ice cream . Children love brownies and you can also prepare them to recycle the chocolate bars you have in the pantry. These sweets are delicious served as pastries ,cut into small squares they are eaten in one bite and are perfect to serve at birthday parties and buffets . Brownies are among the most delicious desserts, a triumph of chocolate goodness perfect for any occasion!
Ingredients
- 220 g dark chocolate
- 200 g of butter
- 200 g of granulated sugar
- 120 g of flour
- 4 medium eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 20 g of bitter cocoa powder
- a pinch of fine salt
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate together with the butter on the stove or in the microwave, mix the mixture well until the chocolate is completely melted and shiny, let it cool.
- Preheat the oven to 180 ° C in static mode and prepare a rectangular pan of about 20 cm per side, if you use a 24 cm or 26 cm pan I recommend preparing double dough, otherwise with a lower layer you will not get the soft chocolate heart typical of brownies.
- Butter the pan and cover it with a sheet of baking paper, this is a trick to stop the paper and shape the pan well to avoid annoying creases.
- In a bowl, shell the eggs, add the sugar and salt, beat well with the electric whisk until the mixture becomes smooth, light and frothy.
- Pour the chocolate into the bowl with the eggs and mix well.
- In a bowl, mix the flour, yeast, cocoa, gradually add the flours to the mixture, sifting them with a fine mesh sieve.
- Once you have added all the flours, mix from the bottom up and pour the resulting mixture into the pan.
- The trick for a crispy and uniformly colored surface is not to level the dough but to lightly bang the pan to make it slide to the sides.
- Bake in a hot static oven at 180°C for 30 minutes in the center of the oven, if the surface has not cracked, extend the cooking time by 5 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, leave it in the pan for 10 minutes (the time in which it will lower slightly in the center), then lift it and remove it from the pan.
- Let it cool and with a long-bladed knife cut it into 9 pieces, if you want smaller squares into 12 or even more.
