Dark Chocolate-chunk Brownies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into 1/2-inch chunks (no substitutions)
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 chop chocolate into about 1/2-inch chunks; about 2 cups.
• 2 in a small, microwave-safe bowl, combine half the chocolate and the butter.
• 3 heat in a microwave oven on half-power (50%) just until chocolate is soft and butter is melted, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.
• 4 stir until mixture is smooth.
• 5 let stand until just warm to touch.
• 6 in a bowl, with a wooden spoon, beat eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla until smooth.
• 7 add chocolate mixture and stir until well blended.
• 8 add flour, about a third at a time, stirring after each addition just until blended.
• 9 add remaining chopped chocolate and mix just until chunks are evenly distributed.
• 10 line bottom and sides of a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking parchment, draping over rim a little.
• 11 scrape batter into pan; spread level.
• 12 bake in a 325°f oven just until the surface develops a thin crust (like the delicate layer of ice that forms on freezing water) and a fingertip pressed very gently in the center leaves a soft impression, 20 to 25 minutes; take care not to overbake.
• 13 cool completely in pan on a rack, at least 1 hour.
• 14 lift brownie out on parchment, peel off parchment, and set brownie on a board.
• 15 cut into 8 squares or wedges or 16 triangles.