One of my father’s all-time favorite holiday sweets, passed down from my great-grandmother. It will last for weeks if kept in the refrigerator and wrapped in cloth. In any other case, it turns hard and sweet.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch pan |
Ingredients
- 1 cup sweet cream butter
- 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons bourbon
- 1 teaspoon Madagascar bourbon vanilla extract
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Place butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool completely, 10 to 15 minutes.
- While chocolate cools, sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
- Beat eggs in a bowl using an electric stand mixer or hand mixer until almost light in color. Mix in bourbon and vanilla extract. Gradually mix in sugar until well blended. Stir in chocolate-butter mixture. Stir in flour mixture until combined, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed. Fold in pecans. Spread brownie mixture into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges pull away from the sides of the pan, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.
- If you’d prefer cake-like brownies, use 4 eggs instead of 3.
- Instead of folding pecans into batter, you can alternatively place pecans on top of brownie batter before baking.
- As soon as pan is removed from the oven, you can sprinkle semisweet chocolate chips over the brownies, let sit for 1 minute, and spread melted chips over entire surface.
- You can combine 2 cups cream cheese frosting with 1 tablespoon bourbon, mix, and spread over cooled brownies. Garnish with chocolate shavings. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 342 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 61 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 162 mg |
| Sugars | 26 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Thank you for a great recipe! The only change I made was using cream bourbon, which added to the rich flavor. I think pairing one of these brownies with butter pecan ice cream would be amazing!