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The Best Palm Beach Brownies

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The Best Palm Beach Brownies recipe

 

Yield

36 servings

Prep

25 min

Cook

40 min

Ready

2 hrs

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
8 ounces unsweetened chocolate
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2 sticks butter, unsalted
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2 cups walnuts
be generous
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5 large eggs
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
pure
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½ teaspoon almond extract
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¼ teaspoon salt
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1 tablespoon instant coffee, espresso
plus 1 teaspoon
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3 ¾ cups sugar
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1 ⅔ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
sifted
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
231.2 ml/g unsweetened chocolate
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226 g butter, unsalted
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473 ml walnuts
be generous
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5 large eggs
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1E+1 ml vanilla extract
pure
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2.5 ml almond extract
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1.3 ml salt
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15 ml instant coffee, espresso
plus 1 teaspoon
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887 ml sugar
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394 ml unbleached all-purpose flour
sifted
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Directions

Adjust an oven rack one-third up from the bottom and preheat oven to 425℉ (220℃). Line a 9x11x2-inch pan with foil.

Brush well with melted butter. Melt the chocolate and butter in the top of a large double boiler over hot water on moderate heat or in a small, heavy saucepan on low heat, stirring occasionally. When combined, remove from heat and set aside.

Break the walnuts into pieces if necessary, trying to keep them fairly large.

In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs with the vanilla and almond extracts, salt, expresso and sugar at high speed for 10 minutes.

On low speed, add the chocolate mixture and beat only until mixed. Remove the bowl from the mixer and stir in the nuts. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Bake for 35 minutes, reversing the pan from front to back once to insure even baking.

At the end of 35 minutes, the cake will have a firm crust, but when tested with a toothpick will appear underbaked. Do not be concerned, it is done. Remove the pan from the oven and let stand until cool. Invert the brownies onto a cookie sheet and remove the foil.

Cover with length of waxed paper and another cookie sheet, invert again. Make 3 dozens of brownies.

Note:

This cake MUST be covered and refrigerated for a few hours or overnight before it is cut into bars.



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Comments


MCE

I have made these for years, after hearing Maida Heatter discuss them on public radio some years ago. (And BTW, I think it's shameful that I don't see any attribution; it's her recipe!) They are simply wonderful, but also very, very sinful!

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 51g (1.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 21749% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 12g 18%
Saturated Fat 5g 24%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 43mg 14%
Sodium 28mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 9g 9%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5%
Sugars g
Protein 7g
Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 7%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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