Ingredients
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
¾ teaspoon baking
soda
½ teaspoon coarse salt
1 stick unsalted butter
½ cup honey
7 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (1 ½ cups)
¼ cup granulated sugar
Preparation
Preheat
oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder,
baking soda, and salt. Once this is done, Beat the honey, butter, and brown
sugar in with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Reduce speed to low once
the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Be sure not to eat all of the batter
while doing this.
My
grandmother always let my brother and I do this step. Although it always
resulted in a complete mess, it also resulted in extreme joy. The only thing
there was to worry about was us eating the batter before it could be cooked.
Most times we had almost eaten the whole bowl when my grandmother would walk
in. Although she would be furious because of the time and effort she put into
making it, but she always thought it was hilarious to see my brother covered in
batter. “ You two almost did it again.”, she would say as she was laughing. We
would always respond with an apology and a promise that we would not do it
again, but we all knew that was not true.
Gradually
add flour mixture, and beat until well combined. After the ingredients are well
combined, mix in the chocolate. This job was always given to my little sister.
She always ended up meeting the same fate we had. After finishing, she would be
covered with the flour and chocolate that she was supposed to add to the
mixture. Given the fact that she is only two, her coordination is not as good
as it should be when adding the ingredients. When she would try to pour in the
flour, she would always miss and giggle when it made a huge mess. By the end of
this process my little sister would be covered in chocolated like a little chocolate
truffel.
The next step is to refrigerate
the mixture for 30 minutes. Then drop heaping spoonfuls into granulated sugar.
Transfer to baking sheets, spacing aabout one inch apart. Once this is done,
put the brownies in the oven, and bake for nine minutes. Then finally removethe
brownies from the oven and let them cool.
This
final step was always my grandmother’s duty. We always tended to make these
around winter time, the refigeration process reminds me of this. As she would finish up the
recipe, we would go outside, and play basketball and football until the
brownies were ready. My cousins and I always tended to make teams of 7 vs. 7 in
football making the game much more exciting than just throwing the ball. As we
would finish up the game we would here my grandmother calling us in to eat. The
delicious deset would be enjoyed by the entire family.
