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20-Ingredient Brownies

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 15 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert

Tags: medium difficulty, recipes for bars, recipes for brownies, recipes for dessert, recipes using brown sugar, recipes using butter, recipes using cocoa powder, recipes using cream cheese, recipes using dark chocolate, recipes using egg, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using mascarpone

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3A20-Ingredient_Brownies)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3A20-Ingredient%20Brownies&oldid=4655390

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

Brownie

  • 1½ cups (275 g / 10 oz) brown sugar
  • 1 cup (200 g / 7 oz) white granulated sugar
  • 3 sticks (375 g / 13 oz) butter, melted
  • 4 ea. (200 g) eggs
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 8 oz (227 g) dark chocolate
  • 1½ cups (200 g / 7 oz) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (60 g / 2 oz) dutch processed cocoa powder
  • 8 oz (227 g) semisweet chocolate, chopped

Topping

  • 16 oz (450 g) cream cheese
  • 1 cup (300 g / 10.5 oz) mascarpone cheese
  • ½ cup (110 g / 4 oz) white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ea. (50 g) egg
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Frosting

  • 11 oz (310 g) chocolate
  • 11 oz (330 ml / 1⅓ cups) heavy cream, heated
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Flaky salt to garnish

Directions

Brownie

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F). Line a 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9-inch) baking pan with parchment.
  2. Melt dark chocolate in microwave using 30-second bursts. Leave it to cool.
  3. Beat the butter and sugars in a large bowl until combined.
  4. Beat in the eggs, salt and vanilla, then beat in the melted chocolate.
  5. Fold in the flour and cocoa, then the chopped chocolate.
  6. Pour the mixture into the lined baking pan.
  7. Bake for 25 minutes.

Topping

  1. Meanwhile, make the topping by beating the cheeses in a medium-sized bowl until soft.
  2. Beat in the sugar and vanilla, then beat in the egg and milk.
  3. Take the brownie out of the oven after the 25 minutes of baking.
  4. Pour the mixture over the brownie and bake for a further 30 minutes.
  5. Take the brownie out of the oven and leave it to cool.

Frosting

  1. Make the ganache by mixing together the chocolate, hot cream and salt in a bowl until melted.
  2. Pour the ganache over the brownie and chill in the fridge for at least a few hours until set.
  3. Sprinkle the brownie with a light sprinkle of salt.
  4. Trim the brownie and cut into 15 squares.