chocolatey almond goodness
When it comes to family gatherings I'm the dessert girl, so this Easter I made some simple brownies to satisfy my family's sweet tooth cravings. As I was hurriedly making them on Sunday morning I realized I was out of vanilla extract (great!). As I muttered to myself the Hubs suggested trying almond extract as a replacement (good idea!). Turns out it was a great idea. I switched out the walnuts for almonds and I think this is my new favourite twist on my go-to brownie recipe from The Clueless Baker: Baking from Scratch - Easy as Pie by Evelyn Raab. Here it is if you want to try:
You'll need:
- 4 squares unsweetened chocolate (Baker's chocolates)
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1.5 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla (I substituted 1 tsp almond extract)
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup walnuts (I substituted almond slivers)
Then you:
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Melt together chocolate and butter over medium heat in a large pot, remove from heat and let cool slightly
- With an electric mixer on low speed beat in the sugar, then eggs and vanilla (or almond extract)
- Stir in the flour, then add the chocolate chips and walnuts (or almonds)
- Pour batter into a greased baking pan and bake for 35-40 minutes (don't overbake, they're supposed to be a bit fudgy)
Yummy chocolate!