Classic Brownies

Name: Classic Brownies
Yield: Makes twenty-four 2-inch-square brownies
Ingredients: 1 cup, pecans or walnuts (4 ounces), chopped medium (optional); 1 1/4 cups, plain cake flour (5 ounces); 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 3/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 6 ounces, unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), cut into six 1-inch pieces; 2 1/4 cups, sugar (15 3/4 ounces); 4 , large eggs; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2004, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Brownies & Bars

SEASON 5

SERVESMakes twenty-four 2-inch-square brownies

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Chewy and chocolaty, brownies should be a simple and utterly satisfying affair. But too often, brownies are heavy, dense, and remarkably low on chocolate flavor. We wanted old-fashioned brownies that had serious chocolate flavor. They had t...

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