CAPPUCCINO BROWNIES
INGREDIENTS:
FOR BROWNIE LAYER
8 oz. fine-quality
bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted
butter, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons
instant-espresso powder, dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling
water
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 large eggs
1 cup
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup walnuts, chopped
FOR CREAM CHEESE LAYER
8 oz.
cream cheese, softened
3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
FOR GLAZE
6 oz. fine-quality
bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), finely chopped
(we use 8 oz.)
2 tablespoons unsalted
butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 tablespoons
instant-espresso powder, dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling
water
MAKE BROWNIE LAYER:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 13 by 9 inch metal
baking pan, knocking out excess flour. Melt chocolate with butter and
espresso mixture in a metal bowl set over pan of barely simmering water,
stirring until smooth. Remove bowl from heat and cool 10 minutes.
Whisk in sugar and vanilla and add eggs 1 at a time, whisking until batter
is smooth. Stir in flour and salt until just combined, then stir in
walnuts. Spread batter evenly in baking pan and bake in middle of oven
until top is firm and a tester inserted into center comes out with crumbs
adhering, 22 to 27 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a rack, at least
2 hours.
MAKE CREAM CHEESE LAYER:
Beat together cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until light and
fluffy, then sift in confectioners sugar and add vanilla and cinnamon,
beating until mixture is well combined. Spread cream cheese mixture
evenly over cooled brownie layer and chill until firm, about 1 hour.
MAKE GLAZE:
Heat all glaze ingredients in a double boiler or large metal bowl set over a
saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring, until chocolate and butter are
melted and glaze is smooth. Remove from heat and cool glaze to room
temperature, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Pour glaze over
cream cheese then spread evenly and chill brownies until cold, about 3
hours. Cut into 40 bars and remove from pan while still cold.
Serve cold or at room temperature.YIELD: 40 Brownies
COOKS' NOTE: Brownies keep, cover and chilled in 1 layer, 5
days. Recipe provide by Nichol from GOURMET September 2001
Magazine and recipe is in
Taste Of Home 2012 Magazine.
Pix of Bill Porter, Jr. and Nichol headed out on New Year's Eve for a
party on board the USS Midway Museum:
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Click on below thumbnail sequence pixs for a larger screen view:
We received a batch of the Cappuccino Brownies as a Christmas gift on
12-18-12 from Nichol of which were wonderful and had to bake a batch of the
Cappuccino Brownies doing so on January 6, 2013 and let them chill overnight
in the fridge uncovered. I took the pixs of them this morning and
sampled one of them as well. This recipe is
awesome and the cappuccino brownies were as good as
Nichol's...grin if you must. This is a little labor intensive recipe
by the mere fact there is so much down time in between the three stages of
"construction" for the brownies but worth every bit of effort put forth.
I cut the brownies much larger than 40 per pan for the pixs posted.
Taste wise, this is my favorite brownie. The espresso coffee mixed
with the bittersweet chocolate brings out the full richness of the
chocolate.
Web posted by Bill aka Mickey Porter 12-20-12 with pixs added on 01-06-13
and 01-07-13.
LEAVING
ON A SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as
your Lord and Savior, please take this moment to accept him by Faith into
your Life, whereby Salvation will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest
any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation, King
James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth
the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
