Coffee Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup salted butter, divided
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee, divided
• 3 tablespoons hot water, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, dividd
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f on the stove, set a metal bowl over a pot of simmering water (or use a double boiler) and add 1/2 cup butter, and the sugar and chocolate. stir a few times as butter and chocolate melt.
• 2 meanwhile, dissolve 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee in 2 tablespoons hot water. add to butter and chocolate, mixing until smooth. remove chocolate mixture from heat and cool until barely warm before whisking in eggs and 1 teaspoons vanilla.
• 3 in another bowl, mix flour and salt. whisk into chocolate mixture until smooth. spread in a greased 8x8 - inch baking pan. bake in center of oven 25 minutes, or until top is just set.
• 4 to make the icing, combine remaining butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder in a small bowl. mix in remaining instant coffee and vanilla and 1 tablespoons hot water, stirring until smooth. ice brownies in their pan while still hot. when cool, cut into 20 pieces.