Palmer House Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 9 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup apricot preserves

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. butter and flour 8x8x2" metal baking pan.
• 2 melt chocolate and butter in heavy small saucepan over medium heat, stirring often; cool to lukewarm.
• 3 using electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs in large bowl until well blended, about 1 minute. whisk in melted chocolate mixture.
• 4 sift flour, baking powder, and salt together and fold into batter. transfer batter to prepared baking pan. sprinkle walnuts over and press gently into batter.
• 5 bake brownies until edges are raised and cracked and tester inserted into center comes out with some moist batter attached, about 45 minutes.
• 6 melt apricot preserves in small skillet over medium heat. strain preserves; brush melted preserves over hot brownies. cool 1 hour, then transfer to refrigerator and chill until cold, about 2 hours.
• 7 can be made 3 days ahead. cover and keep chilled.
• 8 cut into 16 brownies. served chilled.