Now, I love chocolate and I doubly love double chocolate, but am not a fan of stout. The combination of the two just seemed...weird. I kept telling myself I should drink it, but I couldn't. Then I came upon this recipe. I made a few teaks and brought it to my church potluck. The results are moist and rich.
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
8 ounces baking chocolate (I used 3 oz of bittersweet and 5 ounces of semi sweet)
3/4 cup chocolate chips
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup stout
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, and salt until evenly combined. Set aside.
In a double boiler set over low heat, melt butter, baking chocolate and 3/4 cup chocolate chips until smooth. Remove from heat.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Pour in melted chocolate mixture and beat until combined.
Add flour-cocoa mixture and beat until just combined. Whisk in stout and vanilla. (It will take a few minutes for the beer to incorporate. I used more of a folding technique with the whisk for the first minute or two to keep everything from slopping everywhere.) Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips
Pour into a greased 9 x13 pan.
Bake in a 375F oven 25-30 minutes.
Enjoy!
1 comment:
So the brownies were received with rave reviews all around. There was a hint of the dark, bitter flavours of the stout but mostly the chocolate flavour dominated. They were moist and dense.
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