{"id":16337,"date":"2018-12-09T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T22:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=16337"},"modified":"2019-08-01T10:17:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T17:17:22","slug":"davids-fudge-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/davids-fudge-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"David&#8217;s Fudge Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Simple Option<\/strong><br \/>\nBottom layer: Chocolate Cake Brownies &#8211; Box mix<br \/>\n&#8211; Bake 5 minutes<br \/>\nNext layer: Chocolate Fudge Brownies &#8211; Box mix<br \/>\n&#8211; Bake 25 minutes<br \/>\nTopping: Chocolate Fudge Brownie Icing &#8211; See recipe below<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scratch Option<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 C butter, cubed<\/li>\n<li>6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chips or chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C cocoa<\/li>\n<li>6 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 TBL flax seed<\/li>\n<li>2 C white granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 C brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp instant coffee<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>2 C all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>3 C chopped walnuts<\/li>\n<li>Confectioner sugar, optional for topping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Step by Step<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Grease and flour a 9&#215;12 inch baking pan<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba<\/li>\n<li>In a saucepan, melt butter over low heat<\/li>\n<li>Add chocolate and stir until melted, then remove from heat<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl cream together eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt<\/li>\n<li>Stir in chocolate mixture<\/li>\n<li>Add flour (and optional walnuts)<\/li>\n<li>Spread into greased\/floured 9&#215;12 baking dish<\/li>\n<li>Bake 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out nearly clean &#8211; IT IS BETTER TO UNDER-BAKE THAN IT IS TO OVER-BAKE<\/li>\n<li>Cool completed in pan set on a wire rack<\/li>\n<li>After 15 minutes, invert pan onto rack and let cool another 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Place on a cutting board, then cut into bars<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Want to know about the Chemistry of Brownies? \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theflavorbender.com\/the-best-fudgy-chocolate-brownies-cocoa\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to find out how to custom the taste and texture of your brownies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fudge Brownie Topping<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"recipe-ingredients__list recipe-ingredients__collection splitColumns\">\n<li>6 tablespoons butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>2-2\/3 cups confectioners&#8217; sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup baking cocoa<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup whole milk \u00b1 about 105\u00ba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"recipe-directions mobile-expand-section\">\n<p><strong>Step by Step<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners&#8217; sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in cocoa and vanilla. Add enough warm milk until the frosting achieves spreading consistency. Spreads better when warm.\u00a0 Spread over brownies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple Option Bottom layer: Chocolate Cake Brownies &#8211; Box mix &#8211; Bake 5 minutes Next layer: Chocolate Fudge Brownies &#8211; Box mix &#8211; Bake 25 minutes Topping: Chocolate Fudge Brownie Icing &#8211; See recipe below Scratch Option Ingredients 2 C butter, cubed 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chips or chopped 1\/2 C cocoa 6 large eggs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/davids-fudge-brownies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;David&#8217;s Fudge Brownies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dessert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16337"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16390,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16337\/revisions\/16390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}