Cristina's Brownies
1 pound walnut halves or large pieces 1 1/4 cups unsifted cocoa powder 1 1/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 12 ounces unsalted butter (3 sticks) 3 cups granulate...
Ingredients
- 1poundwalnut halves or large pieces
- 11/4 cups unsifted cocoa powder
- 11/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2teaspoonsalt
- 12ounces unsalted butter (3 sticks)
- 3cups granulated sugar
- 7large eggs
- 2teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
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1 pound walnut halves or large pieces 1 1/4 cups unsifted cocoa powder 1 1/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 12 ounces uns
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Line a 13 X 9 X 2-inch pan with foil (turn pan upside down and mold foil to the pan, including up--down?--the sides, turn pan over and fit f
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Take a piece of butter, place it in the pan (on the foil), and place in the oven only until the butter is melted
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Then, with crumpled wax paper, spread the butter all over the foil and set the pan aside
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Sift together into a large bowl the cocoa, flour and salt and set aside
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In a 3-quart heavy pan over low heat, melt the butter
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Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the sugar, then the eggs two or three at a time, and then the vanilla
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Add the butter mixture to the sifted dry ingredients, pouring it in all at once