Brownies Cuisinart
5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken into pieces
1 2/3 C sugar
3/4 C (1 ½ sticks) butter at room temperature, cut into pieces
5 large eggs
1/4 t salt
1 T vanillla
1 ½ C walnut meats
1 C all-purpose flour.
Preheat oven to 325̊
Butter and flour two 9x9 inch square pans. For thick brownies, put in one oblong pan–8x10
With metal blade in plaace, add chocolate to bowl of food processor and pulse on and off 6 to 10 times. Add sugar and process a ½ minutes or longer until chocolate is as fine as the sugar. Add butter and process 1 ½ minutes or longer until mixture is well creamed and moist Add eggs, salt, and vanilla. Process until blended, about 30 seconds. Add nuts. Pulse on and off twice.
Add flour and pulse on and off only until four just disappears. Do Not overprocess.
Spoon batter into prepared pans. Place on center rack in preheated oven and bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Do NOT bake until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack. Cut into bars or squares.
Makes about 32 brownies.