Bubbe's Famous Brownies is a recipe from my friend Amy's blog, What Jew Wanna Eat.
Amy (who used to work at our grocery store doing chef demos) has a great collection of Jewish recipes, many of which are dedicated to her grandmother. This one is actually from her grandmother, so it's super special.
The original recipe calls for a frosting, but in my opinion these don't need it! With 2 cups of chocolate chips and a nice scattering of nuts on top, frosting is not something you will miss.
Recipe
Bubbe's Famous Brownies
Bubbe's Famous Brownies is a brownie recipe from my friend Amy's grandma. This recipe makes a 9x13 inch pan. For a half batch, use an 8 inch square pan.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter 230 grams
- ¾ cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 2 cups sugar 400 grams
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla or 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla and ½ teaspoon almond
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour 125 grams
- 2 cups semisweet or bittersweet chips or use a mixture of white chips
- Optional: walnuts peanut butter chips, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
- Melt butter over medium or medium low heat. Remove from heat, then add the cocoa and stir until smooth. Add sugar and stir until well blended, then stir in the vanilla.
- Add eggs one at a time, whisking or beating after each egg is added.
- Stir in the salt until well mixed, then stir in the flour.
- Make sure the batter isn't so hot that it will melt the chips, then add the chips.
- Spread batter evenly in pan and sprinkle top generously with nuts.
- Bake 25-30 minutes. Brownies will be done when a toothpick comes out almost clean.
Notes
To mix things up a bit, I use ½ teaspoon of almond extract and 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
Thanks, Gianna! 7 days left to vote- oy!
Gianna
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Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
Thanks for all your votes! I'm still winning but only by 4% so please vote every day if you can until August 24th!
Katrina
Let me rephrase that, I WISH we could just print brownies. 😉 I printed the recipe.
Katrina
Just printed the brownies and will make them soon. Off to go vote.
Alton
I guess I voted because it showed me that she was leading - Yea!
Anna
Yes, they do make you vote for a person in each category. I added a note about that. Thanks for pointing that out! The nice thing is after you enter an email and hit submit, they give you the scores so you can see how well she's doing.
Gianna
I had the same problem at first. The vote won't go through unless you check a vote in each category listed for it to go through.
Alton
I hope I voted - the check mark came on red, but the Submit Vote just sat there! Will try again tomorrow. Love the site.
Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
Yay thanks for voting, y'all!! You are also entered to win $250 towards Daily Candy and a designer tote bag every time you vote. Yes, Jewish cooking is kind of broad and can include anything from bagels to knishes to falafel, which makes it fun to come up with new recipes!
Gianna
I'll be voting daily, good luck! Voting is daily until 8/24..
Darlene
I voted for you Amy and will try to remember to go back and vote daily for the rest of the contest. You are so cute without your hairnet! I never really thought about Jewish cooking as a separate entity, but after glancing at your blog I realize I enjoy a lot of Jewish dishes. Mazel tov.
Anna
Just fixed the link to Bubbe's Brownies. I've been having problems with WordPress this morning, but I think things are better now.
Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
Wow, Anna, I didn't know you were going to write a whole post about me! That you so much- this is awesome. Come by and harass me anytime! 🙂
Fallon
What a fun blog! Thanks for sharing. 🙂