Recipes
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Traditional family recipes, German and American
Brumder Brownies
Every Brumder has their own version of the recipe, but this one is best. Some people add chocolate chips and others do other things. We had a bake-off in New Mexico in the 80s and everyone won after voting for their own recipe.
But, trust me, this one is the best.
Ingredients
- •4 ounces baker’s chocolate
- •2 sticks of butter
- •2 cups of sugar
- •4 eggs
- •1 cup of flour
- •A pinch of salt
- •Some vanilla
- •Plenty of sea salt flakes (Maldon)
Method
- 1Melt the butter and chocolate in a double boiler or a microwave. The chocolate takes longer to melt in the microwave, so I usually do the chocolate for 1 minute, then add the butter for another minute to a minute and a half.
- 2While they’re melting, mix the eggs, sugar, and vanilla.
- 3When the butter and chocolate are melted, pour the mixture into the sugar-and-egg mixture quickly and stir vigorously so the hot ingredients don’t cook the egg.
- 4Then gently but completely stir the flour and salt into the mixture.
- 5Pour into a greased brownie pan and cook at 350° until almost done.
- 6When almost done, sprinkle the sea salt flakes on top and continue cooking until perfect. If you add the salt too soon, it becomes part of the batter and creates a weird crunch top. If added too late, it will not incorporate at all and will fall off when people are eating them.
Yield: one pan of the best brownies you will ever make.
