Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 8 ounces milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 8 ounces dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 4 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder

Recipe

• 1 position a baking rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 325°f cut a piece of parchment with handles for an 8" x 8" x 2" anodized pan. butter the top side of the parchment and dust with cocoa powder.
• 2 melt the chocolate and leave to cool.
• 3 after the chocolate mixture has cooled to touch, use a large rubber spatula or wooden spoon and beat sugar and vanilla into the chocolate mixture. next, beat in the eggs one at a time.
• 4 add the flour, salt, and coffee and mix vigorously by hand for 5 minutes.
• 5 pour the mixture into the prepared pan and tap the pan on a counter top to even out the batter. bake for 22 minutes, take out the pan, and tap the pan on the counter twice to further even out and condense the batter.
• 6 rotate and reinsert the pan to bake for another 22 minutes (or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out moist but free of uncooked batter).
• 7 remove the pan from the oven and place on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. remove the brownies from the pan using the parchment handles and place the brownies on the rack. cool completely before cutting.