The Divine Dish

Triple Chocolate Brownie recipe

Posted on Feb 17, 2010 under Archives, Recipes | No Comment

I needed a great dessert to finish off my Valentine’s Day dinner and what better ingredient than chocolate?  Also, my neighbor Todd kept asking me to make my triple chocolate brownies so I made a few extra for him.  This is a great dessert for any dinner and if you like your brownies more cake-like than goey, this is the recipe to follow.  Here it is, with pics.

Here is the list of ingredients:

1/4 cup flour

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

5 ounces bittersweet chocolate broken into 10 pieces

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

3 eggs

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/4 cup sour cream

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate coarsely chopped

Note:  I use the big bittersweet bar from Trader Joe’s.  It’s much cheaper than buying all those Lindt bars and tastes just as good.

You also need some heart cookie cutters, my collection is above.

Heat oven to 325.  Lightly butter and flour (or use Pam spray) a 9 x 9 x 2 inch square cake pan.  Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together onto a sheet of waxed paper.  Combine the chocolate and butter and put into a microsafe bowl and microwave for 30 second intervals until both melt together.  Be careful not to burn the chocolate/butter mixture.

Chop the remaining 4 ounces of bittersweet chocolate.

In an electric mixer or KitchenAid, mix eggs, sugar and vanilla until thickened and add melted chocolate mixture.

Add the flour mixture of dry ingredients and add sour cream.  Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to combine thoroughly.   Use the spatula to fold in the chopped chocolate.

Pour the batter into the cake pan and spread evenly.   Bake until inserted toothpick comes out clean about 40 to 50 minutes.  Cool for at least 15 minutes.

Choose a heart cutter to cut out brownies.

I gave a few to my neighbor and the rest were devoured after the warm butternut squash salad and chicken piccata.