Martha Stewart's Almond Brownie Coffins
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
12 coffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more for pan
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened dutch cocoa, plus more for marbling
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄4 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 8 ounces dark-chocolate-covered almonds, chopped
- 3 ounces marzipan
- royal icing, and fleurs-de-lis
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square pan, and line it with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 sides. Butter and flour parchment, tapping out excess.
- Combine flour and salt in a small bowl. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Sift cocoa powder on top of butter, and whisk to combine. Let cool 3 minutes. Gently whisk in vanilla and eggs, then stir in sugars and flour mixture until just combined. Fold in almonds, then spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
- Bake until the top is firm and set, about 30 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack, and let cool for 20 minutes. Remove brownies from pan using parchment overhang, and let cool on wire rack. (Brownies will keep at room temperature for up to 3 days.)
- Using the large coffin template, cut out brownies. Dust marzipan lightly with cocoa powder, and mix until marbled dark brown. Roll out marzipan to 1/4-inch thickness. Using the small coffin template, cut out 1 marzipan coffin for each brownie. Gently press a coffin on top of each brownie.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with the smallest plain round tip with royal icing. Decorate marzipan with small dots around the edges, and apply 1 fleur-de-lis to each coffin with a small offset spatula, securing each with a dot of royal icing.
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Queen Dana
United States
I love trying new dishes. For me, food is a way of experiencing the world without leaving my home, and I'm hoping that as my two sons get older that I can convince them to come with me on my culinary adventures.