Spicy Brownies
photo by Lindas Busy Kitchen
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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16-24 squares
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 finely chopped sauteed jalapeno (optional)
- 4 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup flour
- 3⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350; prepare 9x9-inch or 9x13-inch baking pan with butter or butter flavored non-stick cooking spray.
- Cream butter with mixer; margarine or spreads are not recommended.
- Add sugar and red pepper to the butter; cream with mixer until fluffy.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir in vanilla, almond extract, and eggs until just combined; do not overbeat; do not use mixer; overbeating results in brownies that rise too much during baking, and then fall as they cool.
- If spicier brownies are desired, add jalapenos.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, cinnamon, and salt; adding ingredients separately to butter mixture can result in overbeating.
- Gently stir the dry ingredients into butter mixture; if desired add chocolate chips to the butter mixture with the dry ingredients; stir until combined.
- Spread mixture into prepared pan; if desired, evenly spread walnut pieces over the top of the batter.
- For a 9x9-inch pan, bake on center rack for 35 to 40 minutes; for a 9x13-inch pan, bake on center rack for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack and cut into squares.
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Reviews
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Maybe a five-star review borders on effusive, but I'm still basking in the afterglow of just having eaten one of these ridiculously good brownies. I'm not willing just yet to say these are the best brownies I've ever had, but they might just be. The spiciness -- I used the sauteed jalapenos as well as the red pepper -- sets in with the perfect speed. A glass of cold milk is an even better chaser to a brownie when its chocolatey richness mingles with a slight, pleasant burn. I made these for friends to take to a port-tasting dinner and I can only imagine how well the two will complement each other. I'll be making these as often as I can find an excuse/occasion. Thank you so much for posting the recipe.
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They tell me that it's supposed to be flat here, but someone forgot to tell the Flint Hills about that. I'm a writer, an editor, a part-time student, a full time mother, and wife doing overtime. I adore cooking and baking, but I'm not nearly as good at it as I want to be. That, and I have to fight the coffeemaker for counter space. I like to thumb through the pages of the Joy of Cooking, but I use online recipe sources, like Recipezaar, most often.