Chocolate Fudge Brownie Recipe with a Crunchy Cookie Topping
A very fudgy and decadent chocolate fudge brownie. It has a dark chocolate flavour, and various textures of chocolate goodness to make it appealing and interesting to both children and adults
Servings 12 squares
Cost $8
Ingredients
Fudgy Brownie Batter
- ⅓ cup butter
- 2 oz dark unsweetened chocolate
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup flour
- dash salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup walnuts
Chocolate Buttercream Icing
- 1 cup butter
- ¾ cup cocoa
- 3 cups icing sugar
- ½ cup flour optional
Crunchy Cookie Topping
- 8 Favorite Cookies like Oreo, Fudge-O I used girl guide cookies.
Instructions
Fudgy Brownie Batter
- Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease a 8 by 8 baking pan and set aside. You may use a larger 9 by 9 pan, but of course your brownies will be thinner.
- Melt the butter and the unsweetened chocolate in a medium pan over low heat. Remove from heat, add the sugar and beat well
- Add your eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg. The chocolate mixture will get glossy
- In a small bowl mix together your flour, salt, and baking powder, to distribute the baking powder evenly. Add to the chocolate mixture.
- Add the walnuts and mix until just combined. Quickly pour into your baking pan, and smooth the top.
- Bake for 20- 25 minutes. These brownies are meant to be chewy. It is better to underbake these brownies than to overbake them
- 25 minutes should be all the time they need. When done they should be solid but the top will spring back up when you press on it lightly.
- Let cool thoroughly before adding the icing
Chocolate Buttercream Icing Recipe
- Before adding any dry ingredients stop the mixer, proceed on low speed, once incorporated speed up the mixer. This will significantly reduce the mess from the cocoa and icing sugar
- Stop the mixer and add the cocoa, beat on low speed until incorporated, then beat on high for a minute. Again scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Stop the mixer and add half the icing sugar. Start it on low until incorporated, then beat on high for a minute. Taste your icing and decide if its fine as is. If you like the icing sweet continue with using the rest of the icing sugar. If you want to cut the sweetness, replace 1/2 cup of the icing sugar with flour. Then beat until smooth and fluffy.
Crunchy Cookie Topping
- Take 8 cookies of your choice. I used chocolate girl guide cookies, Oreos, Fudgee-o would be perfect as well. Simply chop the cookies into large chunks, spread over the fresh icing and press them down to hold.
