Julia Child's Amazing Brownie

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 4 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 3/4 cup Peanut butter, creamy

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 oz Bittersweet chocolate
  • 4 oz Chocolate, unsweetened
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract, pure

• Dairy

  • 8 oz Butter, unsalted
  • 2 tbsp Butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 1¼ cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces unsalted butter
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (Iused chocolate chips)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs, room temperature
• Optional peanut butter filling:
• ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature

Directions

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Sift flour and salt together; set aside.
• *Optional step for peanut butter filling: With electric mixer, beat peanut butter, powdered sugar, and butter until very creamy, about 3 minutes. Set aside.
• To make the brownies, melt chocolate with butter in double boiler, stirring frequently. Alternatively, you can melt in microwave in 30-second increments, stirring in between. After dissolving, add 1 cup of the sugar to the mixture; stir to blend. Add vanilla and stir.
• Pour the mixture into a large bowl.
• In stand mixing bowl whisk together the remaining cup of sugar and the eggs until just combined.
• Little by little, pour half of the sugar and eggs into the chocolate mixture, stirring gently but constantly with a rubber spatula so that the eggs dont set from the heat.
• Fit the whisk attachment to the mixer and whip the remaining sugar and eggs until they are thick, pale, and doubled in volume, about 3-4 minutes.
• Using rubber spatula, delicately fold the whipped eggs into the chocolate mixture.
• When the eggs are almost completely incorporated, gently fold in the dry ingredients.
• Pour and scrape the batter in to an unbuttered 9-inch square pan. Note: I sprayed with a little baking spray just to make sure they didnt stick.
• *Optional step: drop teaspoonfuls of peanut mixture into the batter and throughout the pan.
• Bake the brownies for a minimum of 45 minutes, during which time they will rise a little and the top will turn dark and dry.
• Cut into the center at about the 30-minute mark to see how the brownies are progressing: they are perfect when they are just barely set and still a little gooey. Note: Some people like them a little less gooey. If so, bake an extra few minutes.
• Cool the brownies in the pan on a rack.
• Optional: sprinkle with powdered sugar.