Thursday, March 10, 2011

Fudgy Chocolate Chip Brownies



                                       ''Too much of chocolate is just about right!''

Its kind of funny... people usually start baking with brownies first and then go on to bake cakes, cookies, gateaux, breads etc. But yours truly did it the other way round. I may have baked brownies only twice or thrice and that too after I started to blog. Sounds weird right? In case you blinked and missed the only other brownie recipes on my blog, here they are - Seriously Low Fat Brownies - kind of cakey brownies, but healthy and tasty. And Instant Microwave Brownies - warm and fudgy.

Yesterday, something really terrible happened. My system crashed! And so did my virtual world! The system was taken away to office for repairs (yes, I work from home) and I was jobless for the noon. Its amazing how dependent we are on the internet for so many things! I wanted to bake desperately, but completely lost without my bursting folder of recipes.  I went leafing through my books for a suitable recipe.( I can be really indecisive) I have a 'book' made of some baking pages from a baking book. Ah! I must tell you how I got this book. There was a garage sale nearby and I had bought some baking paraphernalia from the lady. I had left my number with her to contact me in case she had more things of interest to me. Apparently (and very surprisingly) I was the only person to buy baking things form her and she later gave me some pages from an old baking book she found. I had the old, but colorful and glossy pages hard bound. You are right - this brownie recipe is from that 'book'...

The brownies turned out fudgy, very chocolaty and tasty - just the kind of brownie recipe I was looking for..

The pages sadly do not have the name of the author or the title of the book anywhere. Due credit and my thanks to the author..


Ingredients:
Dark Chocolate, chopped - 115 grams (please refer note)
Butter - 115 grams / 1/2 Cup approximately
Eggs - 3
Sugar - 1 cup minus 1 1/2 tablespoons (please refer note)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence
Plain flour - 140 grams (1 cup)
Chocolate Chips - 170 grams ( I used the semi-sweet kind)

Procedure:  Pre-heat oven to 180 degree C / 350 degree F. Line and grease a 13*9 inch tin with parchment and grease the parchment. (I have used 2 smaller tins). Leave an overhang on the two longer sides. This is to help you remove the brownies from the tin and cut them on the parchment itself later.


First, measure out and keep the rest of the ingredients ready.  (lest the melted chocolate mixture thickens by the time you gather things after melting it!). Melt the butter and chopped chocolate in a microwave or in a double boiler. Cool slightly.

Beat together the eggs, sugar and vanilla. You do not need to whip up a volume here, beat just enough to incorporate the three, say about 30 seconds on low speed with a hand mixer. Stir in the chocolate mixture. Sift the flour over the mixture and gently stir in till well incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips.


Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake until just set. About 30 minutes. Do not over bake, the brownies should be slightly moist inside. Cool in the pan.


When cool, run a knife or metal spatula around the sides to release. Carefully pull out the brownie holding the parchment hanging over the sides. If you have not left an overhang, run a knife around the edges, invert onto a baking sheet. Remove the parchment. Place another sheet on top and re-invert to get the right side up.


Cut into squares. Makes quite a large number of the delicious brownies!!



Please Note:

Chocolate: The original recipe uses plain chocolate. Since I was using dark chocolate, I reduced the sugar by 1 1/2 tablespoons. I would next time reduce the sugar by another tablespoon as the brownies were a little on the sweeter side, though not overly so.

Sugar: Please adjust to taste and according to the variety of chocolate you would be using, both for melting and the chips. I have used semi-sweet chips.

Essence: The original recipe uses 1/2 teaspoon. I used 1 teaspoon as I did not want to take any chances with the eggy smell.

Chocolate Chips distribution:  Next time, I will try putting half in the batter and half on top of the batter for a more even distribution. Most of the chips were at the bottom.

Baking Time: I had planned to bake in the microwave and so did not pre-heat my OTG. I then realized that the tin was too big for the microwave. So I had to keep the batter waiting for about 15 minutes to pre-heat my OTG (the joys of baking in 2 gadgets!!). I baked for 25 minutes, but my brownies were not moist, nevertheless yumm! If I had baked immediately, probably the baking time would have been appropriate and the brownies moist. Since probably the chocolate in the batter had set to a certain extent in the waiting period, my brownies would have needed even less baking time.

Verdict: I loved them! Am going to make these again!

The brownies are being packed off to Divya's 3rd Blog Anniversary e-Party  and she is giving away a gooey gooey brownie book!!

The brownies are going to Champa's  Bake-Off.













26 comments:

Indian Khana said...

Delicious ....looks so yummy ...myself too posted brownie :)

Prema said...

yummy delicious brownies...

ann low said...

I love this fudgy brownie with adding extra rum into it :)

M D said...

Brownies somehow always tend to be sweeter than many other baked goodies. I have tried making them a little less sweeter, they don't taste great. Probably they tend to be best when sweet :)

You brownies look super. Very fudgy and chocolatey. Yum!

Radhika said...

oh, simply yummy.

jayashree` said...

Lovely clicks & the brownies look perfect.

CurryLeaf said...

AWESOME .I love these. Am yet to post for the event. Nice Clicks Suma

Shubha said...

looks yummy suma....when are u baking this again??

Preeti said...

all I can say is divine ...I love chocolates and chocolate in baked goodies :)

Sweet Artichoke said...

Your brownies are irresistible!

Priya Suresh said...

Super tempting brownies, yummy..

KrithisKitchen said...

Wow... yummy and decadent...

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chef and her kitchen said...

Its raining brownies everywhere...looks just yummy

Hari Chandana P said...

Wowwwwwwwwwww.. mouth watering recipe.. looks too good and inviting.. thanks for the awesome recipe :)

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Priya Sreeram said...

it looks droolworthy- good one !

Lisa said...

Mmm, I quite agree. There can never be too much chocolate in a brownie. Yours look fudgy to the max. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I'd be delighted if you'd stop by and link your brownies up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/03/sweets-for-saturday-8.html

Sushma Mallya said...

Looks Amazing, loved the clicks:)

Sum said...

Thanks for the info, Suma... Your brownies look wonderfully chocolatty!!

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Wow brownie looks absolutely yumm... I am drooling here.

Joyti said...

It looks like a very delicious, light fluffy bread. It DOES look like the bread of a person who has been making bread for years. YUM!

mashhood said...

Really really mouth watering....yumm yumm...

Divya Kudua said...

I thought I'd already commented on this one,but apparently not.Love the choco chips peeping from within and I am loving all the brownies comiing in for the event...the more the merrier!!

Nachiketa said...

Book Brownies were a hit with my brother... Thank you so much for send him some... He loved them....

Love the chocochips n cool pictures :)

Cheers,
The Variable, Crazy Over Desserts - Nachiketa
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s said...

this looks seriously YUM!

Girish said...

Really a yummy recipe shared from your side with all, i also tried the same but it think yours i yummy.

Thanks for Sharing,
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mann said...

hey..tnx fr d recipe..m new to d kitchen..so jst wanted to knw..d plain flour u mentioned is it maida or jst d normal wheat flour??