Tuesday, August 10, 2010

No-Bake Brownies



No bake. In a brownie. What a genius concept! Martha people, you amaze me everyday!

Its been hard this summer to motivate myself to turn on our oven. So I have been searching high and low for no-bake "baking" approaches. Enter the brownie. I wasn't expecting a miracle on these, but I was pleasantly surprised! These were fudgy and very chocolatey. You definitely need to chill them for awhile before biting into one, but they taste just like a regular brownie!

No-Bake Fudge Brownies
Martha Stewart Living August 2010

 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 ¼ cups evaporated milk (from one 12-oz can)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 cups finely ground chocolate wafer cookies (from 2 9-oz packages)
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sweetened shredded coconut
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
Salt

Line a 9-inch square baking dish with plastic wrap, leaving a 1-inch overhang on all sides.

Heat chocolate and evaporated milk in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until chocolate melts and is smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Set aside 1/3 cup.

Combine cookies, 2 cups coconut, the sugar and ½ teaspoon salt in a bowl. Pour in chocolate mixture; stir until combined.

Spread mixture evenly into dish. Spread reserved 1/3 cup chocolate over top. Finely chop remaining 2 tablespoons coconut and sprinkle evenly over chocolate.

Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours. Remove brownies from pan by lifting plastic wrap. Remove plastic, and cut into 24 brownies.

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