Outrageously Good Espresso Brownies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb unsalted butter
• 1 lb semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 6 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons powdered instant espresso
• 1 1/2 teaspoons powdered instant espresso
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups chopped pecans or 3 cups walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 grease and flour a 12 x 18 jelly roll pan. set aside.
• 3 over low heat in a medium sized pot or on the top of a double boiler, melt together the butter, pound of chocolate chips and unsweetened chocolate until smooth.
• 4 cool to room temperature.
• 5 combine, but do not whisk, the eggs, powdered expresso, vanilla and sugar.
• 6 stir in the cooled chocolate mixture.
• 7 set aside.
• 8 sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• 9 mix into the batter.
• 10 fold in the remaining chocolate chips and nuts.
• 11 pour into greased pan.
• 12 bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. do not overbake.
• 13 cool thoroughly and cut into squares.