Katharine Hepburn's Brownies

I also have this brownie recipe. I love these brownies because they are chewy and have a nice chocolate flavor without being too sweet. I've made these a few times - they are really easy to make and require only a few ingredients!

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There were a few problems with this recipe, although they did taste OK. The #1 problem was that the batter wasn't even close to filling up my small brownie pan. I couldn't even spread it out paper thin, so I had to make an emergency 2nd batter, for which I had to send my husband to the store for more butter. When they were cooled, they cut nice but I thought they were a little too "wet" which I thought would happen because of the amount of flour. I think they needed more flour and some cocoa powder too. They needed more chocolate in general.... you could barely taste the chocolate flavor at all. While they did taste OK, it was more like a very sweet butter dessert than a chocolate dessert. The butter flavor was pretty major and definitely the dominant flavor in this dessert.

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These were very good brownies. They were dense, moist and chocolaty. I was a little unsure about only using 1/4 cup of flour and did add another 1/4 cup for a total of 1/2 cup. This only made the brownies a bit more cake-like (a bonus, in my opinion). I did include the nuts, as I like the texture and flavor that they add to brownies. Very easy recipe for ingredients I always keep on hand!

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Yummy! And I love the chewiness!

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Deeee-lishious as my 2 year old would say! I didn't have baking chocolate so I used 6T cocoa and 2T butter instead. Still great.

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Ahhh, these are so good!! Nice and chewy and you are right, not too sweet. Perfect! The only problem is I should have doubled the batch because I gave most of them to an elderly friend. (I did keep a few for myself :-) Thanks kaylanave for sharing these.

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I recently checked out a cookbook from our local library, which happened to have Katharine Hepburn's brownies in it. The only difference I noted was that the amount of salt called for was 1/2 teaspoon. Ms. Hepburn's instructions were to "beat the batter like mad", until your arm feels like it's going to fall off. If you don't want dry corners and dry outside edges, I recommend baking them for only 35 minutes. Unfortunately, I baked mine for the full 40 minutes and that was too long! Other than the outside edges being dry, due to overbaking, I found the brownies to be extremely moist and very fudgy!

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nice and moist, more like candy than cake. i wonder what they're like the next day, i certainly never found out! 1/4 c of flour is in fact enough. be careful not to overbeat the eggs or the batter after adding them. I did and the bubbles joined to make two big super-bubbles that made the uncut brownie look like a mountain range. my bad!

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not sure what is going on here, but i am 45 min into this and i have bubbly chocolate soup! I've checked and re-checked the recipe, hmmmm.....

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I used to make these all the time because they were so good and so easy. Nice, fudgy brownies.

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These were really good and really rich. I was going to take a picture but I undercooked them a bit so they fell apart when they came out of the pan and my boyfriend quickly devoured them - next time I will double the recipe. Thanks for posting.

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Good brownie recipe!! Since I did use 72% chocolate, I lessened the sugar a little bit. It came out very moist and not too wet, but not cakey. I baked in 8 x 8 pan and checked the oven at 35 mins. I thought it already looked overbaked at that point, but was perfect!

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Wonderful! These brownies are nice and fudgy and incredibly easy to make. I usually double the recipe and cook in a slightly larger pan.

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I've made homemade brownies before, but never have they turned out this GREAT!!! These brownies have the most perfect consistancy. They have a nice top crust and are fudgy. Everybody I gave one to LOVED them! I put a Fudge Frosting on them after they cooled (Fudge Frosting). This definately satisfied my chocolate craving ^_^!!

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These were simple to put together, took me all of 15 minutes, and tasted delicious. They were dense, fudgey and chewy, even the next day. I did ice them with some cake icing I had around, but after tasting them I think they would have been just as good without the icing. I had a real brownie craving last night, and this recipe took care of that quite nicely.

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If you look closely at the recipe, the ingredient list says, 1/2 c. butter - 1 stick. However, 1 stick is usually 1 of the 4 in a package. Maybe this is part of the problem mentioned with results???? Suzy O Milwaukee, WI

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These are wonderful! I have made them many times already. The texture and the taste are excellent. I also have all ingredients on hand so it is quick to make. my whole family really enjoys these. Thank you!

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These are my favorite childhood brownies; not too sweet and perfectly chewy. My hubby and three boys love them, too!

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Moist but still light and somewhat spongy, just the right balance of chocolate and sugar, a nice texture in the mouth, and only dirtying one pot - this brownie recipe is a winner! I also like the small pan size, as a 9x13 pan of brownies generally goes stale in this house before being finished. I made no substitutions and used Hershey unsweetened baking chocolate. Also, I went with the 1 t vanilla listed in the instructions rather than the 1/2 t listed in the ingredients list.

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