The Ultimate Chocolate Brownie

The Ultimate Chocolate Brownie
Original recipe by Julia Child

Your chocolate cravings will be satisfied here!  Don't forget the French vanilla Ice cream!

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
8 ounces unsalted butter
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 large eggs, room temperature

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Sift together the flour and salt, set aside.  

In a large glass bowl, melt the butter and all of the chocolate together in the microwave.  Remove the melted chocolate from the microwave and add 1 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla, stir for 30 seconds.

Using an electric mixer or KitchenAid mixer, combined the remaining 1 cup sugar and four eggs.

Slowly, pour HALF the sugar-egg mixture into the chocolate mixture.  Stir gently, but constantly with a rubber spatula.

Using the electric mixer or KitchenAid mixer once again, whip the remaining sugar and egg mixture until it has doubled in size, about three minutes.  Gently fold the whipped egg mixture into the chocolate mixture. 

Fold in the dry ingredients.

Pour the brownie mixture into an un-greased 9-inch square baking pan.  Bake the brownies for 35 minutes.  The brownies will be chewy.  If you like your brownies not as chewy, or moist, . . . I would keep them in the oven for a few minutes more.

Remove from the oven and cool completely in the pan before cutting.