My New Year’s Brownies

Total Time: 58 mins Preparation Time: 18 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate (i used a generous 1/2 cup ghirardelli's chocolate chips)
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 position oven rack one-third up from bottom. preheat oven to 325°f grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• 2 melt butter in microwave (1 minute) or over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally until smooth.
• 3 remove from heat and add chocolate chips and coffee powder; stir til melted.
• 4 add cocoa and salt and blend.
• 5 add sugar and vanilla; beat well with large slotted spoon or wire whisk.
• 6 beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• 7 add the flour and beat with spoon until the mixture is smooth.
• 8 stir in nuts.
• 9 pour into pan and smooth top. bake in bottom third of oven for 40 minutes or until a needle inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 10 cool on a rack; cut brownies after completely cooled.
• 11 let stand for a while to set or refrigerate briefly.