Truffle Brownies To Die For Food

MARTHA LOUISE STEWART'S "TO-DIE-FOR" BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat eggs on low speed. Add oil and sugar, beating for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add egg mixture, beating just until combined. Stir in pecans and vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Bake until edges just start to pull away from pan, about 35 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Spread icing over brownies; allow to set before serving.

TRUFFLE STUFFED BROWNIE TRUFFLES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Flip the prepared brownies onto a cutting board. Using a rolling pin, roll out the brownies to about ¼-inch (6.5 mm) thickness. Cut into 16 equal squares.
• Wrap 1 brownie square around each truffle. Seal the truffle completely by rolling the ball around a few times.
• Dip the wrapped truffle in melted chocolate, covering the entire ball. Coat in cocoa powder and chill for at least 1 hour, or until ready to serve.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
• Place the butter in a medium saucepan, and melt over low heat. Remove from the heat, add the chocolate and stir constantly until melted. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir until well mixed. Add the melted chocolate mixture, and mix until combined. Add the flour and salt, and mix just until combined. Fold in the nuts or chocolate chips if desired.
• Place the batter in the greased pan, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the top is dull and an inserted toothpick comes out mostly clean. Do not overbake. Cool completely. If desired, dust the top with cocoa powder before cutting.

TO DIE FOR BROWNIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder and salt (set aside).
• Combine melted butter, cocoa, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• Blend dry mix into moist mixture.
• Add nuts and pour batter into a greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake at 350°F degrees for 35 minutes or until it just starts to pull away from sides.
• ICING: Melt butter in saucepan with milk on medium/low.
• Combine cocoa with sugar and stir into milk mixture.
• Add vanilla and let cool till spreading consistency (will be runny at first).
• Sprinkle with more nuts if desired.

TRUFFLE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Using a hand held electric mixer, beat the eggs and salt together in a large mixing bowl until frothy. Add the sugar and beat until the eggs are thick and pale yellow, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and beat an additional 30 seconds.
• Put the margarine and chocolate in a microwave safe container and microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir to insure that the chocolate has melted. Microwave an additional 30 seconds, if needed.
• With the mixer running, pour the melted chocolate into the egg mixture. Add the flour and beat 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat an additional 30 seconds.
• Spray the cake pan with a pan release spray and pour in the brownie batter. Place the pan on the top rack of the oven and bake 15 to 20 minutes until the center is barely set.* Remove the pan from the oven and let cool. Top with the ganache and place in the freezer for at least 1 hour.
• To serve, remove from freezer and slice immediately. Allow to come to room temperature before serving.
• Put the chocolate chips and cream into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove the bowl and stir with a whisk or fork until well mixed. Use immediately. If using the ganache later it will need to be reheated.

MINT TRUFFLE BROWNIES

Steps:

• For the brownie layer: Grease the sides and bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan and line with 2 pieces of parchment to overhang the edges. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the butter and mint in a medium saucepan and melt the butter over low heat. Remove from the heat and let sit 10 minutes to infuse. Remove and discard the mint. Rewarm the butter over low heat. Remove from the heat, then add the chocolate and let sit until almost melted; stir until smooth. Whisk in the eggs until smooth. Whisk in the cocoa, flour and salt until smooth. Whisk in the schnapps. Pour into the prepared baking pan and bake until the center is just set (a tester will not come out completely clean), 28 to 30 minutes. Let cool completely.
• For the mint layer: Beat the butter in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on high speed until light, about 1 minute. Add the confectioners' sugar and salt and mix on low to combine. Add the schnapps and beat on high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the food coloring, a little at a time, to get a pale green color. Spread the mint layer over the brownies and refrigerate until almost set, about 15 minutes.
• For the truffle layer: Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in the chocolate and remove from the heat; let sit until the chocolate is almost melted, then stir until smooth. Let cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes, then spread over the mint layer. Top with the sprinkles, if using. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour. Cut into squares to serve.

TRUFFLE BROWNIES (TO DIE FOR)

Steps:

• Grease a 9 inch round cake pan (I like to put a parchment paper in bottom of pan also). Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Whip together eggs and salt until frothy on medium high speed of mixer.
• While waiting, melt 1 stick of butter with 3 ounces of unsweetened chocolate in a bowl in microwave, just until choc. is melted.
• Add gradually 1 cup of white sugar to egg mixture after turning mixer to low. Then add vanilla. Next slowly add chocolate mixture.
• (I like to grind up my instant coffee to a powder consistency then add with flour to mixture just until blended).
• Stir in nuts; pour into prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes Let cool on rake till room temperature when cool frost with ganache the refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• Ganache:.
• (I like to use a glass measuring cup for making my ganache). 2/3 cup choc chips 1/3 cup heavy cream. Microwave till cream starts to foam up in cup. Watch closely. Stir this up until very creamy. Spread on brownies. Refrigerate. These are best served cold They will get mushy when warm ENJOY!

ALTON BROWN'S TO DIE FOR TRUFFLES

Steps:

• combine cream and corn syrup into a medium sized pot and bring to a simmer.
• while cream and syrup mixture cooks, add chocolate and butter to microwave for 30 seconds on high
• take out and stir.
• repeat # 2.
• take cream concoction and pour over chocolate (this is also where you will add cognac) wait ten minutes before you stir together.
• after stirring all ingredients, pour into a flat baking pan and let cool in fridge for 1 hour.
• take out the mixture and scoop to form balls of chocolate.
• dip chocolate into melted chocolate desired and then coat with various coating.
• let shells air dry for about 4 minutes.
• serve immediately or.
• store in air tight container in fridge.