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Brown Butter Brownies

Brown Butter Brownies.

Watch the video for the technique.

Ingredients

Bake
25–30 minutes
  • 225g unsalted butter, browned
  • 300g granulated sugar
  • 100g light brown sugar
  • 3 large eggs + 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 120g plain flour
  • 75g Dutch-process cocoa powder
  • 225g dark chocolate (70–75%), chopped
  • 2 tbsp espresso powder or very finely ground coffee (optional)
  • 1 tsp fine salt

Method

  1. 1.

    Brown the butter and let it cool slightly.

  2. 2.

    Whisk together the sugars, eggs, egg yolk and vanilla, then mix in the brown butter.

  3. 3.

    Fold in the flour, cocoa, coffee and salt. Fold through the chopped dark chocolate.

  4. 4.

    Transfer to a lined 23×33cm tin (or similar) and bake at 175°C conventional / 160°C fan for 25–30 minutes. The centre should still be fudgy and a tester should come out with moist crumbs.

  5. 5.

    Let cool before slicing.