Stout Brownies
These devilishly dark, rich and beer-centric brownies won't last long on your plate. If you have some stout laying around, grab a cup of it - it goes into the batter and the frosting. If that isn't enough to pique your interest then maybe the pound of chocolate that goes into them will.
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This recipe hails from Bon Appetit, however, it has our own tweaks; for instance, more beer and darker chocolate! The original recipe was a little too dense so we upped the flour.
Ingredients
12 oz Oatmeal Stout
8 oz semisweet
8 oz 70-90% cacao chocolate
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cu all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
Procedure
Reduce the stout by half on medium heat, set aside to cool. Melt all but 2 tbs of the butter, 4 oz of semisweet and all 8 oz of the dark chocolate on low heat, being careful not to burn it. Preheat the oven to 350 F and blend the sugar, vanilla and eggs in a bowl. Once that is combined mix in the buttered chocolate and half of the reduced stout. Add the salt and then gently add the flour.
Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish that is about the size of a piece of legal paper (11x14") and bake until desired consistency - the top will start to crack when it's almost done.
Melt the other 4oz of semisweet chocolate and 2 tbs of butter with the last bit of stout, combine, cool slightly then cover the brownies with the sauce. Serve warm or cold - it doesn't mater, they're delicious.