Cupid’s Valentine Heart Brownies
Posted by ROGER CRUISE
Bake up a batch in your Ninja convection oven!
Servings: 24 brownie hearts or 12 brownies
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 45-50 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (½ lb)
- 4 oz dark or semi-sweet baking chocolate, broken into squares (¼ lb)
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder (optional)
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
- ¾ teaspoons salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
Directions
1) Preheat oven to 350F (330F for convection oven or Ninja air fryer oven).
2) Use a double boiler (or a medium steel bowl placed snugly in a medium saucepan containing an inch or so of boiling water) to melt 2 sticks unsalted butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in 4 oz chocolate (and 1 tsp instant coffee powder).
3) In a large bowl, whisk together 1½ cups granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons light brown sugar, ¾ teaspoon salt, 2 large eggs, 2 large egg yolks, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract until smooth. Slowly whisk in melted butter mixture until well combined.
4) Sift ⅔ cup all purpose flour and ¾ cup cocoa powder into the chocolate mixture. Stir with a spatula until combined. Pour batter to fully (or nearly fully) fill heart-shaped baking tray cups (or use a 9 by 9 inch baking pan lined with parchment paper and lightly spritzed with non-stick cooking spray).
5) Bake for 45-50 minutes. Brownies should be set and crackly, but still moist while hot from the oven.
6) Allow brownies to cool completely. Remove brownies from baking tray (if using a baking pan, lift by the parchment paper sling, then cut into pieces). Serve.
Note: allow silicone bakeware to cool before refilling.
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