Make It Better Brownies

Name: Make It Better Brownies
Ingredients: 8 ounces, weight Unsweetened Chocolate (8 Squares); 1 cup Butter; 5 whole Eggs; 3 cups Sugar; 1 Tablespoon Plus 1 Teaspoon Vanilla; 1-1/2 cup Flour; 1 cup Chopped Semisweet Chocolate, Pecans, Walnuts, Caramel Pieces, Or A Combination Of Add-ins; _____; FOR THE OPTIONAL GLAZE:; 4 ounces, fluid Semisweet Chocolate; 2 Tablespoons Butter; 3/4 cups Powdered Sugar; 3 Tablespoons Extremely Strong Coffee; 2 teaspoons Vanilla

14 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

8 ounces, weight Unsweetened Chocolate (8 Squares)
1 cup Butter
5 whole Eggs
3 cups Sugar
1 Tablespoon Plus 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1-1/2 cup Flour
1 cup Chopped Semisweet Chocolate, Pecans, Walnuts, Caramel Pieces, Or A Combination Of Add-ins
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FOR THE OPTIONAL GLAZE:
4 ounces, fluid Semisweet Chocolate
2 Tablespoons Butter
3/4 cups Powdered Sugar
3 Tablespoons Extremely Strong Coffee
2 teaspoons Vanilla

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2

Melt chocolate and butter together and allow to cool a bit.
3

Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth. Slowly add the melted chocolate mixture to the egg mixture. Gradually add flour until smooth.
4

Stir in the chocolate pieces, pecan, walnuts, caramel pieces or all of the above.
5

Pour into a greased 9x13 in pan.
6

Bake 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs, not batter.
7

I topped it with a glaze I made by melting and stirring together the glaze ingredients. But the glaze is not necessary.