Three Cup Brownies

Ingredients
3 cups chocolate**
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter
6 eggs
2 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ¹⁄₂ cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350*F.   Place rack in center of oven and grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.  

2. Place chocolate and butter into a microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 1 minute.  Remove container and stir chocolate.  Repeat until chocolate is fully melted and mixed with the butter.  Let cool for 5 minutes.  

3. Mix the eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl.  

4. In a separate bowl, mix flour and baking powder.  

5. Add the chocolate mixture, one scoop at a time, to the egg mixture, stirring to incorporate fully.  

6. Add flour mixture to chocolate and egg mixture and fold until completely combined.  

7. Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a table knife inserted into the center comes out clean.  Let cool and serve.  

**The original recipe called for semi-sweet chips however, I only had about a cup of those.  I topped off this cup of chips with about 4 ounces of 100% Cacao Baking Bar and all the unsweetened cocoa powder I had in the house.  I recommend using 3 cups of whatever chocolate stuff you have in the house.  If it’s sweeter chocolate, reduce the amount of sugar called for in the recipe.  If it’s more bitter chocolate, increase the amount of sugar.

Comments
I used to tell people that I’m not really a baker.  Over time, I’ve come to realize that I do enjoy baking, but I tend to only get the urge to do so at 10pm at night.  There is also the problem with the whole “eating” thing when it comes to baking.  This wasn’t so much of a problem when Art worked out of the house as baked goods could easily be sent to work; now it takes a bit more planning.   The choir I belong to certainly appreciates the results of my late night urges to bake.  

The original recipe came to Art from a friend and he asked me to make it.  I realized, after I’d already decided I would be making them, that I didn’t have all the right ingredients and that some of the measurements didn’t translate well from the original metric.  I have no idea if this recipe, which is what I made and suggest you make, is anywhere close to the original, but it’s delicious in its own right and that’s what matters.  

These turned out lighter than most brownies I’ve made in the past which means Lance finally likes them.  They’re perhaps a tidge to bitter as a result of the chocolate mix I used, but that just made them perfect for Art’s tastes.  All in all, I’d say this was a great success!

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