Ingredients

  • 4 oz. baker's unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 2 to 3 tsp. instant coffee (not for drinking, lol)
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • margarine
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup chopped nuts, if desired

Method

  • Heat oven to 325F.
  • Grease an 11x7-inch pan.
  • Melt the chocolate with the butter in a large microwave safe bowl on high for 2 minutes or until the butter is melted; stir until all the chocolate is melted.
  • Then add the instant coffee; stir well.
  • Add the sugar, stir, then the eggs and vanilla, stirring again.
  • Add flour and nuts; stir until blended.
  • But what I usually do is sprinkle them over the top -- they give much more flavor this way, because they toast duing baking.
  • Pour into prepared pan.
  • Bake at 325F, for about 38-40 minutes.
  • Do not overbake.
  • The edges of the brownies should be pulling away from the side of the pan, but that's it.
  • Remove from the oven.
  • Don't bother too much with a tester, because you don't want it to come out clean, it should come out all messy and fudgy.
  • But don't worry, they are cooked after this amount of time!
  • Let them cool, and you will have rich, chocolatey, fudgy brownies that stay that way, and don't dry out.
  • But I doubt they'll last that long, anyway.