Ina’s Outrageous Brownies

Ina’s Outrageous Brownies are so rich and decadent with lots of chocolate flavor! The addition of coffee elevates the flavor.

I have to share this cool brownie pan that my sister and I gave to my mom for her birthday – the Baker’s Edge Brownie Pan.  For those who love the edges and corners of brownies, this pan is perfect – practically every brownie is an edge or corner!   My dad took a picture of the first brownies they made in the pan:

This picture is just of a boxed brownie mix, but I thought I’d post the recipe for Ina Garten’s Outrageous Brownies.  These brownies are so delicious.  Very rich and chocolatey.  I don’t know that they’d be my ‘everyday brownie’ – not that I even have brownies everyday 🙂 – but they are definitely worthy of special occasions.  I found the recipe on the Food Network website, and the reviews were overwhelmingly positive.  I’ve made these for my family multiples times.  The original recipe is scaled for a 13 x 18-in sheet pan, which I don’t own, so I cut it in half for a 13 x 9 pan.  I don’t have a picture of these to post, but they look like your typical fudgy brownie; they just taste much better!

Recipe Details

Here’s the ingredients for the brownies.

Now we’ll break it down into steps.

Chocolate and Espresso Powder

These are the brands of chocolate and espresso powder I recommend. Ghirardelli chocolate melts super smooth, and I have great luck using it, even when recipes say not to use chocolate chips. I first found this brand of espresso powder at a small Italian specialty food shop located at the base of the Hancock Building. I now get it at my local grocery store (located near the instant coffee), but it is also available online.

Prepare the Wet Ingredients

In the top of a double boiler, or a heatproof bowl set above a pot of simmering water, add butter, semisweet chocolate chips, and unsweetened chocolate. Set aside to cool slightly.

In a small bowl, mix together the eggs, espresso powder, vanilla, and sugar.

Add the egg mixture to the cooled chocolate mixture.

Prepare the Dry Ingredients, Assemble, and Bake

In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. This mixture is folded into the wet ingredients.

In another small bowl, toss the remaining chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of flour just to coat. The purpose of this step is to prevent the chocolate chips from falling to the bottom of the batter when placed in the pan. The flour helps suspend them evenly throughout the brownies. For that reason, I strain out the excess flour using a small strainer. I discard the excess flour.

The chocolate chips are then folded into the batter.

The batter is then poured into the prepared pan. The brownies are ready to bake!

If you prepare your pan with an overhang of parchment on each side, it’s easy to pull out the cooled brownies for cutting.

Gluten Free Brownies

Use a measure for measure such as Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour in place of all purpose flour to make these brownies gluten free.

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