The Great Brownie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 7 ounces high-quality bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped
• 1 ounce high-quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 place a rack in the center of the oven; preheat to 325°.
• 2 grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan and line it with parchment paper, leaving about 1 inch of paper overhanging the two long sides.
• 3 in a bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, and salt to blend; set aside.
• 4 in the bowl of an electric mixer set to medium speed, beat the butter and sugar.
• 5 beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• 6 stir in the vanilla.
• 7 gradually mix in the dry ingredients until well combined.
• 8 stir in half of the roughly chopped chocolate chunks.
• 9 spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan; evenly distribute the remaining roughly chopped chocolate chunks over the surface of the batter.
• 10 bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the sides of the brownies have begun to pull away slightly and the center tests slightly moist when a wooden skewer is inserted.
• 11 remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool completely.
• 12 meanwhile, place the finely chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan containing about 1 inch of water.
• 13 stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted.
• 14 drizzle the chocolate over the cooled brownies.
• 15 allow the drizzled chocolate to set.
• 16 grasping the edges of the parchment, remove the brownies from the pan and cut into bars.