I make the brownie recipe from The Joy of Cooking. I add a cup of milk chocolate chip in place of the pecans. Enjoy!
Brownies Cockaigne
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking pan lined with foil. Melt in a small saucepan:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
Let cool. If you don’t, your brownies will be heavy and dry. Beat until light in color and foamy in texture.
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Gradually add and continue beating until thick:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
With a few swift strokes, stir in the cooled chocolate mixture just until combined. Even if you are using an electric mixer, switch to a wooden spoon for this. Stir in just until combined:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Gently stir in, if desired:
- (1 cup chopped pecans)
Scrape batter into the prepared pan. Bake about 25 minutes. Cool completely in the pan on a rack.
I imagine it’s for the insulating qualities so that the edge brownies don’t get too crisp? because you don’t just use foil, you grease the foil too. i’m gonna stick with moister brownies as my hypothesis.
Why the tin foil? Hmmm… I was thinking that that foil could either be genius or easily replaced by slathering that pan up with a stick of butter.