Julia Child's Best Ever Brownies
A brownie recipe for Julia Child's birthday
Servings 16 people
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups sifted or weighed all-purpose flour 5 oz/145 grams -- measure after sifting
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces unsalted butter (228 grams)
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped (114 grams)
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (56 grams)
- 2 cups sugar (divided use) (385 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Line a 9-inch square pan with or parchment paper. If using stoneware, line with parchment.
- Stir the flour and salt together in a small bowl; set aside. You can totally skip this step and just add the salt at any point, but it's good to have the flour measured and the salt mixed in so you don't forget it.
- Melt the butter in a 3 or 4-quart saucepan set over medium-low heat. When partially melted, reduce heat to low and add both kinds of the chopped chocolate, stirring often over low heat until melted and smooth. Add only 1 cup of the sugar to the mixture and stir for about half a minute. Remove pan from heat and stir in the vanilla. At this point you can leave the chocolate mixture in the big saucepan or pour it into a mixing bowl for easier folding.
- Lightly mix the remaining 1 cup sugar and the eggs in a mixing bowl. just until combined. Pour half of this egg mixture into the chocolate mixture, leaving behind the other half which you are going to whip.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the remaining sugar/egg mixture on high speed until it becomes pale and thick and doubles in volume.
- Carefully fold the whipped egg mixture into the chocolate mixture. Fold in the dry ingredients (flour/salt).
- Scrape the batter into the 9-inch square pan and bake on center rack for 28 to 30 minutes. Note: This is for a 9-inch square pan, stoneware. Top out temperature was about 205 degrees F.
- Let the brownies cool completely, then chill for an hour or so. Lift from the pan and cut.
Notes
I like to chill my brownies thoroughly before slicing.
