Rich Caramel Filled Brownie Cups Food

RICH CARAMEL FILLED BROWNIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In shallow baking pan, toast the almonds in 1 layer in center of oven until fragrant, about 12 minutes; let cool.
• In a processor, finely grind 1/2 cup almonds with flour and salt; reserve remaining almonds for topping.
• Finely chop the chocolate.
• In small saucepan, melt butter; remove pan from heat and add chocolate. Stir until smooth.
• In bowl, combine chocolate mixture, almond mixture, sugar and eggs; mix well.
• Chill dough just until firm, 30 minutes or so. Roll level tablespoonfuls of dough into balls.
• Lightly press balls into 32 1/8-cup mini-muffin cups (1 3/4 inch across top, 3/4 inch deep).
• Using your thumb, make a 1/3-inch deep indentation in center of each ball; chill shell 1 hour.
• Prepare the filling: In dry 3 quart heavy saucepan, cook sugar over moderately low heat.
• Stir slowly with fork (to help sugar melt evenly), until melted and pale golden.
• Cook caramel without stirring, gently swirling pan, until deep golden; remove pan from heat.
• Carefully pour corn syrup and cream down side of pan (will vigorously steam and caramel will harden).
• Simmer the mixture, stirring, until caramel is dissolved and then stir in vanilla and salt.
• Transfer caramel filling to a glass measure and cool 10 minutes.
• Carefully pour warm filling into each shell until level with top of shell (careful--don't overfill!).
• Chill brownie cups, loosely covered, at least 2 hours, or up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 350° and bake in center of oven 10 minutes or until caramel begins to bubble.
• Transfer pans to a rack, top with reserved almonds and cool completely in pans.
• Using a sharp thin knife, loosen brownie cups and lift out of pans.

CARAMEL-FILLED BROWNIES

Steps:

• For the caramel sauce, melt butter with milk over low heat and add Caramel Creams®. Stir constantly. Remove from heat when the sauce is smooth.
• Preheat oven to 350° and line a 9"x13" pan with greased parchment paper. Combine butter and chocolate in a saucepan and melt over very low heat. Cool to room temperature. Whisk eggs until frothy. Add sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat on high for 5 minutes, until smooth. Stir in chocolate mixture, add flour and mix until blended.
• Pour half of the brownie mixture in the pan and bake for 10 minutes, then remove brownies from oven. Spread the caramel sauce over the cooked brownies. Cover the caramel with the remaining brownie mix. Bake an additional 25-30 minutes at 350°. Cool for 2+ hours, in pan, at room temperature.

BLONDE BROWNIE CARAMEL CUPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Line 16 muffin cups with foil or paper baking cups.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan over low heat.
• Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar.
• Add vanilla and egg; mix well.
• Add flour, baking powder and salt; blend well.
• Stir in 1/2 cup chopped nuts.
• Divide batter evenly into lined muffin cups.
• Bake for 16 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Meanwhile, in small saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with water; stir constantly until smooth (or microwave in glass bowl with 1 tablespoon water on High for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally).
• Immediately after brownie cups are removed from oven, place chocolate chips evenly into middle of each brownie.
• Spoon 1 scant tablespoon of caramel over chocolate chips in each cup.
• If necessary, stir additional water into melted caramels to maintain spoonable consistency.
• Sprinkle 1/4 cup finly chopped nuts evenly over brownies.
• Cool completely.
• Store in tightly covered container.

CARAMEL-FILLED BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease an 8x8 inch baking pan.
• In a small saucepan melt chocolate and 1/2 cup butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs using an electric mixer set on high until they thicken slightly.
• Slowly add the 1 1/2 cups white sugar.
• Add vanilla and mix well.
• Add the chocolate-butter mixture and beat on medium until uniform.
• Add the flour and mix on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Pour 1/2 of the brownie batter into the prepared pan. Smooth top.
• Bake 15-20 minutes or until the top is firm.
• Heat 1/4 cup butter, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and corn syrup in a heavy pan over medium heat, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves.
• Increase the heat to high and boil 1 1/2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in cream. Keep warm.
• Spread warm caramel evenly over top of baked brownie layer.
• Pour remaining half of brownie mixture over caramel, smoothing the top.
• Bake an additional 25-30 minutes or until brownies test done (note: some caramel may stick to the toothpick).
• Cool brownies in pan, then cut into squares.
• I think these are best served chilled.