The Baked Spicy Brownie Recipes

BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8-inch square pan.
• In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.
• To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons softened butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Stir until smooth. Frost brownies while they are still warm.

THE BAKED BROWNIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter the sides and bottom of a glass or light colored metal pan 9x13x2 pan.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, the salt, and cocoa powder.
• Configure a large sized double boiler. Place the chocolate, the butter, and the instant espresso powder in the bowl of the double boiler and stir occasionally until the chocolate and butter are completely melted and combined. Turn off the heat, but keep the bowl over the water of the double boiler and add both sugars. Whisk the sugars until completely combined and remove the bowl from the pan. Mixture should be room temperature.
• Add three eggs to the chocolate/butter mixture and whisk until just combined. Add the remaining eggs and whisk until just combined. Add the vanilla and stir until combined. Do not over beat the batter at this stage or your brownies will be cakey.
• Sprinkle the flour/cocoa/salt mix over the chocolate. Using a spatula (DO NOT USE A WHISK) fold the dry into the wet until there is just a trace amount of the flour/cocoa mix visible.
• Pour the mixture into the pan and smooth the top with your spatula. Bake the brownies for 30 minutes (rotate the pan half-way through baking) and check to make sure the brownies are completely done by sticking a toothpick into the center of the pan. The brownies are done when the toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
• Cool the brownies completely before cutting and serving.

THE BAKED SPICY BROWNIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Butter sides and bottom of a glass or light-colored metal 8x8-inch pan.
• Whisk together flour, salt, cocoa powder, chili powder and cinnamon.
• Melt chocolate and butter (either in the microwave or on top of a double boiler). Whisk in both sugars. Let stand until room temp, about 20 minutes.
• Add eggs; whisk to combine. Add vanilla and ginger; whisk again. Don't overbeat if you want fudgey brownies.
• Sprinkle flour-cocoa mixture over the chocolate mixture. Using a spatula (not the whisk!) fold the dry into the wet until there is just a trace amount of the flour mixture visible.
• Pour batter into pan and smooth top. Bake for 27-30 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely before cutting and serving.