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Vintage milkglass platter filled with Double-Boiler Brownies and strawberries

Double Boiler Brownies

Tammy Circeo
If you want an easy, quick dessert, look no further than for this recipe for Double-Boiler Brownies. Seven ingredients and a few minutes later, you'll be indulging in a delicious treat.
This recipe will make 24 brownie bites baked in a mini muffin tin or 9 regular sized muffin size. See the instructions for cook times on the various sizes.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate See notes
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • 6 Tablespoons butter (¾ cup) cut into pieces
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup + 1 T. flour 1:1 gluten-free flour blend works well
  • pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • If using a mini muffin tin, prepare it by greasing the tins or lining them with mini liners. If using the larger baking cups, set them out individually on a baking sheet making sure they have a little space between them. You can also use a regular muffin tin.
  • Heat oven to 350°F.
  • Bring water to a low boil in the bottom of the double boiler. Melt chocolate, brown sugar, and butter in top. Stir together to be sure the chocolate and butter have fully melted and that the sugar is fully dissolved.
    If you don't have a double boiler, you can use a glass or steel bowl over a small pot of simmering water and replicate the same technique. Just be sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water.
  • Stir in the vanilla and the eggs.
  • Add in the flour and salt and stir to incorporate. The batter will be smooth and shiny.
  • Spoon the batter into the muffin tin or baking cup, filling them about three-quarters of the way full.
  • If you are making brownie bites in the mini muffin tin, bake for 12-15 minutes until the top springs back when touched.
    If you are using the larger 3-ounce size baking cups, bake for 20-25.
  • Let cool, dust with powdered sugar. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream, if you like. Berries are never a bad idea!

Notes

You can use chocolate bars that you chop or you can use chocolate chips. This is definitely a call for bittersweet or dark chocolate rather than milk chocolate. 
 
Keyword brownies, chocolate brownies, double-boiler, one-bowl
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