This is the PERFECT brownie recipe!! I will never make another brownie recipe again! Totally not healthy but, make this on your “off” days of the diet. This recipe got 5 stars on foodnetwork.com ratings and totally deserved it! It's quite a bit more work than regular brownies but, you can definitely tell the diff when you're done and they're worth the effort.
Ingredients:
1 lb. unsalted butter
1 lb. plus 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided (don’t forget to divide)
6 oz unsweetened chocolate
6 extra-large eggs
2 T vanilla extract (real vanilla extract, if you have it)
2 ¼ cups sugar
1 ¼ cups flour, divided
1 T baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 cups diced walnut pieces
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 18 by 1 1/2-inch sheet pan. Melt together the butter, chocolate chips, and unsweetened chocolate on top of a double boiler. Cool slightly. Stir together the eggs, vanilla and sugar. Stir in the warm chocolate mixture and cool to room temperature.
Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to cooled chocolate mixture. Toss the walnuts and chocolate chips with flour to coat. Then add to the chocolate batter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until tester just comes out clean. Halfway through the baking, rap the pan against the oven shelf to allow air to escape from between the pan and the brownie dough. Do not overbake! Cool thoroughly, refrigerate well and cut into squares.