****For those of you who live in countries other than the United States: I will be happy to send if you win – probably on a slow boat – but you must be prepared to pay customs charges if it is sent to you! I have no idea how much it will be for you, but it probably won’t be cheap! Thanks for playing and good luck!******
Happy Sunday! I hope yours was as beautiful as ours. The weather is sunny and breezy today. We had our grandest son, Rocket, overnight then we bar-b-qued outside this afternoon. I’m having car trouble – wouldn’t you know the minute I get it paid off I have to put it in the shop. I’m feeling pretty darn lucky today. Mr. Picky Eater is a very lucky man, and not just because he is married to me! If he buys a lottery ticket, he wins something and if he puts money in a slot machine, he usually wins a jackpot – THAT kind of lucky. Yesterday afternoon he was luckier than he’s ever been and that makes ME lucky too! I thought I would do something nice for him since he was so generous with me – and brownies would be just the ticket. I was itching to use my brand new brownie pan anyway. I’m so glad I did because they turned out spectacularly well! I used the recipe right on the paper sleeve of the pan so I thought I would share it with you and then give the pan away – not the one I used, a second NEW one.
The recipe is a little labor intensive but it is completely worth every single minute it took me to whip these up.
Decadent Brownies
Here is what you will need:
1 ½ sticks (185 gms) unsalted butter cut into 1 inch (2.5 cm) pieces
6 oz. (185 gms) bittersweet chocolate broken into pieces
¾ Cup (125 gms) all-purpose flour
6 Tablespoons (30 g) cocoa powder
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ (375 g) Cups sugar
3 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.
Put the butter and chocolate pieces in a microwavable bowl and microwave until melted, about 1 ½ minutes, stirring every 30 seconds.
In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powders, baking powder and salt then set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar and vanilla until well combined.
Add chocolate and whisk until incorporated.
Finally, add the dry ingredients and blend until all is combined.
Spread into baking pan and bake for 30 – 40 minutes until top is shiny and toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.
Place pan on a wire rack and let cool 30 minutes.
Then invert pan onto large plate or cutting board and cut into squares. Makes sixteen 2-inch (5cm) squares.
Very decadent treats! Now for the giveaway:
All you have to do is comment on this post and then next Sunday evening (April 28, 2013) I will use the Random Number Generator to pick a number that coincides with the number comment you are. You will win the brownie pan! It’s a lovely 9 inch (23 cm) square pan from Williams – Sonoma that uses commercial quality bakeware using Goldtouch* nonstick technology boasting coated wire reinforcement, non stick coating, folded construction and extra thick aluminized steel. It is very heavy and I am already in love with mine. If you would like to win, please comment below. Good luck!
** Eliot the Cat was the winner of the Imperial Sugar apron given away last week. **
***** I was not paid, reimbursed, or otherwise donated the pan for review or advertisement. I paid for it myself (on sale $21.50) from Williams-Sonoma. You can see all the particulars here. I just want to say this was the best brownie pan I have ever used because it cooked evenly, something I generally do not experience. The brownies did not stick and the pan washed up in seconds. *****
Who doesn’t love brownies? Those look awesome!
Thank you! I’m eating one right now for supper along with chocolate milk. I know, not the most nutritious of meals but they are special – yeah, that’s the ticket….:)
I love Brownies! and really have been craving them lately!! =)
Thanks for the recipe and the chance to win this awesome pan!!
Have a great evening!
I know just what you mean about your car — I think that’s called “Murphy’s Law” LOL!
I went to the store before I read your post and now I have to go back to get some bittersweet chocolate. I can’t wait to try these. There is nothing in this world better than a good batch of brownies. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Debbie. It was amazing how moist and lovely that butter/chocolate thing made these!
Looks so delicious!
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looks yum 🙂 Glad if you survived your crazy week and crazier weekend. !!! Good to have you back.
Hey Liz! Thank you so much – I’m ready for a slower week! 🙂
I wish I had that kind of luck. I’ve only ever won two things in my life: a set of sparkley My Little Ponies when I was little and your ebook on a giveaway sometime last year 😉
These brownies look amazing! I’m going to make these sometime… but use my black cocoa powder in them! Maybe tomorrow…. haha.
I always thought I was luck till I met my husband – he makes me look like Schleprock! (you’ll have to look that cartoon reference up).
Your brownies look great! I looooove brownies 🙂 always easy, always yummy.
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Happy Sunday to you! It was a lovely day spent with my grandchildren too! Your brownies look delicious & I look forward to making them…maybe in your pan! 🙂
Grandchildren are the best, aren’t they? Thank you for dropping by and please come again!
Is no one going to ask what Mr. Picky Eater won???!!!! Inquiring minds would like to know, please. Also, that looks like a wonderful brownie pan and I would be delighted to win it. Shipped to my US address, of course. 🙂 I think they bake things so evenly because they are extra thick. When you send the pan, how about sending some of those lovely brownies along with it? (Just kidding. Kind of.)
Mr. Picky eater ate every single brownie – in the house! I actually made them because I thought the boys would drop by last night – the younger one threw the older one a bachelor party in Dallas over the weekend and I thought they may come through here. But even if they had dropped by they would have been disappointed! Rocket ate his share though – he also had his first charcoaled steak and hot dog – loves ’em both!
Your brownies look Scrumptious! I would love to win the pan! The first thing that I would make would be these brownies!
Thanks for dropping by – you wouldn’t be sorry if you made them!! Good luck!
These brownies look choc-a-block brilliant 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Your hubs is even luckier to have you to make him such a great treat!!
Kelly
Those brownies look fantastic! Definitely gonna try them.
Thanks Eartha – they truly were!
A cake pan that cooks evenly? That’d be great!
It really did – and, I don’t know if you can tell in the picture but there was no uneveness in the surface of the brownies like I usually get! I love your email name. The reason I noticed is because my daughter had a favorite sock monkey with that name as a child and now my grandest son has one too with the same name! Thank you for dropping by and please come again!
OOOH – these look so good!
Thank you so much – they certainly were!
I don’t need brownies but I always want them… and I never win anything- but I’ll give it a try!! 🙂
Hi Kelli! These brownies look divine! I love that you called Rocket your grandest son, that is so adorable! He sounds like such a sweetie pie. I am glad you get to spend so much time with him. Hope your week is off to a fabulous start! Happy Monday!
One can never have too many brownie recipes. Congrats on the lucky Hubs! 🙂
Got the apron today! So exciting. Thank you very much!
Thanks for letting me know – hope you like it!
Those must be some fantastic brownies to be worth the cost of customs!
Yep – you wouldn’t be sorry! Good luck!!
Mmmmm they are so good. Thanks for the recipe.
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I am currently too busy drooling over your brownies and deciding if it’s too late to start baking tonight to form a coherent comment, sorry!
This looks like an awesome pan! Thanks so much for the review and the giveaway!!!
These are some serious brownies. Gotta love ’em!
How amazing that the brownies came out of the pan in one piece. I’ve never seen that before. The brownies look delicious!!!!!
I couldn’t believe it either but the directions said it had something to do with the even cooking – who knew? 🙂
I swear it was the pan!
Awesome looking brownies! I hope mine look like this!
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Looks divine!! I love anything chocolate and ooey-gooey chocolate is even better 🙂
I love to bake and those brownies look DELISH!!!Now I am in the mood to bake some
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These brownies look scrumptious. What a great giveaway. I would use that pan again and again and again. =)
It’s a great one! Thank you for the compliment they were delicious!
They came out great! I’m going to try this recipe. My sister makes me so jealous – her brownies are always awesome. I’d love to show her up one day ;). Congrats to your hubby on his good luck, and may it continue.
Thank you so much! My husband ate nearly all of them! Thank you for dropping by and please come again – good luck!
Those look delicious but labor intensive? Nah!
Would love to try out this pan. I love brownies and it looks like they turned out great!
You would love the pan – good luck! Thank you for stopping in – please come again!
A cake pan that cooks brownies evenly? Sign me up!
No kidding! It’s pretty darn great – I never want to be without it again. Thank you for dropping by!
I love brownies… who doesn’t and could use a new pan to make some… Thanks for the opportunity to receive one.
You are very welcome and good luck!
Okay, I’m drooling now! What great pictures! Love brownies, Love Williams-Sonoma, what could be better than this? Thank you for the chance!
Don’t you just love W-S? I just can’t stop buying from them!
YUM! Those look delicious. I could use a new brownie pan!!
And it’s a great pan! Good Luck!
My daughter just made brownies today–wish I already had that pan! thanks for the giveaway. btw, your recipe sounds delicious (my daughter used a box mix)
I love a good box mix brownie! But these were far and away the best I’ve ever had – so I’ll probably stick with them unless I’m in a pinch and then the Pillsbury Doughboy to the rescue! Thank you for dropping by!
Wow, I have to admit I always leave out the step of taking them out of the pan to cool. I do put the pan on a tall wire rack so air gets under it…but I’m pretty sure that’s not good enough. I’ll bet it makes a real difference when you go the extra mile like that!
Apparently it does! I’ve never done that before – I always just used a glass 8 x 8 pan and cut them straight out of that – but not any more! 🙂 Thanks for dropping by!
These look terrific and from scratch! I’ve never had great success with brownies, and sure will try this recipe. Will be a great surprise for my grandkids 😉
I too have difficulty making brownies but not with this pan! Thanks for coming over and entering. Please come again!
Thanks for the giveaway!
You are welcome – thanks for dropping by and please come again!
These look fantastic!
Thank you – thank you for coming over and please come again!
Congratulations to you both on your ‘biggest ever win’, it is nice to hear people having good luck. We recently had a couple in our town who won something like £50 million on the lotto, it made the town a hive of media but more so a very happy united town. I reckon Mr Picky Eater is lucky to have a chef as a wife, especially when they make such yummy things.
Brownies! 🙂 they look delicious Kelli! I enjoy preparing brownies for my husband too! 🙂 glad you had a lovely son with your grandson too! 🙂
Your brownies look amazing! I am saving your recipe!
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Thank you kindly for including me! Your brownies look killer 🙂
My husband is the brownie baker in this house. He would so love a new pan. The recipe looks awesome.
Your husband would love this! Thanks for dropping by and please come again – Good luck!
Decadent is an understatement. 🙂
Thanks Karen!
Looks like a gorgeous pan — and a delicious recipe!
I love to make goodies for the children at church. This recipe is a must-try!