Ghirardelli Award Winning Brownies

2 Eggs
3/4 cup of sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter - melted.
3/4 cup Ghirardelli sweet ground chocolate
2/3 cup unsifted flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup Ghirardelli double chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350-F.
Grease 8"x 8" or 9" x 9" baking pan
In a medium bowl, stir eggs, sugar and vanilla.
Add melted butter and mix well.
Sift ground chocolate with flour, baking powder and salt.
Stir into the egg mixture and add nuts and/or chips.
Spread into prepared baking pan.
Bake 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean.

Use 8" pan for chewy brownies, use 9" pan for drier brownies.

Recipe from Ghirardelli sweet ground chocolate container label.

"Rusty" > wrote in message
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> Ghirardelli Award Winning Brownies
>
> 2 Eggs
> 3/4 cup of sugar
> 1 tsp vanilla extract
> 1/2 cup butter - melted.
> 3/4 cup Ghirardelli sweet ground chocolate
> 2/3 cup unsifted flour
> 1/4 tsp. baking powder
> 1/4 tsp salt
> 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
> 1 cup Ghirardelli double chocolate chips (optional)
>
> Preheat oven to 350-F.
> Grease 8"x 8" or 9" x 9" baking pan
> In a medium bowl, stir eggs, sugar and vanilla.
> Add melted butter and mix well.
> Sift ground chocolate with flour, baking powder and salt.
> Stir into the egg mixture and add nuts and/or chips.
> Spread into prepared baking pan.
> Bake 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out
> clean.
>
> Use 8" pan for chewy brownies, use 9" pan for drier brownies.

> Recipe from Ghirardelli sweet ground chocolate container label.



Thanks, Rusty. I don't eat much sweets, but I am always tempted by the
brownie mix and the delicious brownies I see at Costco each week. I know
it's been a year or so that I've resisted. But I'll make this recipe
eventually when I can resist no longer.
Ghiradelli -- my favorite.

Dee Dee

On Nov 7, 6:05 pm, "Dee.Dee" > wrote:

> Thanks, Rusty. I don't eat much sweets, but I am always tempted by the
> brownie mix and the delicious brownies I see at Costco each week. I know
> it's been a year or so that I've resisted. But I'll make this recipe
> eventually when I can resist no longer.
> Ghiradelli -- my favorite.
>
> Dee Dee


You're welcome. Several people on the Chowhound.com message board
mentioned that the Ghirardelli Award Winning Brownies recipe was one
of the best that they had tasted. I gave it a try and have to agree,
it's really good.

Rusty

Rusty > wrote:
:On Nov 7, 6:05 pm, "Dee.Dee" > wrote:

:> Thanks, Rusty. I don't eat much sweets, but I am always tempted by the
:> brownie mix and the delicious brownies I see at Costco each week. I know
:> it's been a year or so that I've resisted. But I'll make this recipe
:> eventually when I can resist no longer.
:> Ghiradelli -- my favorite.
:>
:> Dee Dee


:You're welcome. Several people on the Chowhound.com message board
:mentioned that the Ghirardelli Award Winning Brownies recipe was one
f the best that they had tasted. I gave it a try and have to agree,
:it's really good.

Alex Rast used to post a wonderful brownie recipe from time to time.
It's spectacular. See
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...13c155183a06e?

(It's got 12 oz unsweetened chocolate....)

"David Scheidt" > wrote in message
...
> Rusty > wrote:
> :On Nov 7, 6:05 pm, "Dee.Dee" > wrote:
>
> :> Thanks, Rusty. I don't eat much sweets, but I am always tempted by the
> :> brownie mix and the delicious brownies I see at Costco each week. I
> know
> :> it's been a year or so that I've resisted. But I'll make this recipe
> :> eventually when I can resist no longer.
> :> Ghiradelli -- my favorite.
> :>
> :> Dee Dee
>
>
> :You're welcome. Several people on the Chowhound.com message board
> :mentioned that the Ghirardelli Award Winning Brownies recipe was one
> f the best that they had tasted. I gave it a try and have to agree,
> :it's really good.
>
> Alex Rast used to post a wonderful brownie recipe from time to time.
> It's spectacular. See
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...13c155183a06e?
>
> (It's got 12 oz unsweetened chocolate....)


Very interesting thread, as well.
Mentioned regarding cocoa butter as was being discussed here very recently:

Alex Rast says:
Unfortunately, however, pure cocoa butter is very hard to find for the
ordinary home cook. Virtually all of it is sold through distribution to
professional/industrial customers. The reasons for this are probably that so
few non-professionals understand that differences in cocoa butter content
can
affect the final product, of those still fewer are really that interested in
investing the extra effort to experiment with using cocoa butter at home,
and
of those only a tiny fraction knows enough about the behavior and
characteristics of cocoa butter to produce a level of good results
sufficient
to avoid being deterred to future efforts. Therefore, the demand is
minuscule,
and with the price of cocoa butter being steep, it would become expensive
inventory gathering dust on supermarket shelves. You can find cocoa butter
in
jars in the cosmetics section, usually, but I wouldn't feel safe using this
as
it is not certified food-grade, and furthermore, is probably "shell
butter" -
the lowest grade stuff.



Dee Dee

"David Scheidt" > wrote in message
...
> Rusty > wrote:
> :On Nov 7, 6:05 pm, "Dee.Dee" > wrote:
>
> :> Thanks, Rusty. I don't eat much sweets, but I am always tempted by the
> :> brownie mix and the delicious brownies I see at Costco each week. I
> know
> :> it's been a year or so that I've resisted. But I'll make this recipe
> :> eventually when I can resist no longer.
> :> Ghiradelli -- my favorite.
> :>
> :> Dee Dee
>
>
> :You're welcome. Several people on the Chowhound.com message board
> :mentioned that the Ghirardelli Award Winning Brownies recipe was one
> f the best that they had tasted. I gave it a try and have to agree,
> :it's really good.
>
> Alex Rast used to post a wonderful brownie recipe from time to time.
> It's spectacular. See
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...13c155183a06e?
>
> (It's got 12 oz unsweetened chocolate....)


That recipe looks good, EXCEPT, I cannot for the life of me eat brown sugar
anymore. If it is used in a recipe, I can taste it above anything else. It
also gives me GERD like nothing else.

If a recipe calls for it, I use a Trader Joe's organic sugar, which I really
like a lot. It actually has a good taste!
Dee Dee