Lucero Chocolate Olive Oil Brownies
October 3, 2017
Ingredients
1/4 cup flour
1/3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/3 cup Lucero Deluxe Chocolate Olive Oil
5 oz. 70% dark chocolate finely chopped
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup, walnuts, coarsely chopped, divided
Maldon flake sea salt, for topping
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1- Generously oil or butter an 8x8-inch baking pan and line
bottom with parchment.
2- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder
and salt. Set aside.
3- Using a double boiler or heat proof mixing bowl, set directly
in a wide skillet with barely simmering water, stir chocolate
and oil together until chocolate is just melted .
4- Remove from heat and whisk sugar until incorporated.
The batter will be slightly grainy. Whisk in eggs one at a time,
mixing vigorously after each until batter is smooth.
Mix in vanilla.
5- Sprinkle dry ingredients over chocolate mixture, barely
stirring until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips and 1/3
cup of walnuts. Spread evenly in the lined pan.
6- Top batter with the remaining walnuts and a sprinkling
of Maldon. Bake until the brownies are set in the middle,
25 to 28 minutes