Photo: Aaron Sanchez's Mexican Brownies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, plus more for greasing
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup good-quality unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground Mexican cinnamon (canela)
- 1/4 teaspoon pequen chili powder or cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides. Press the paper into the corners of the pan and lightly grease the paper with butter.
Melt the 2 sticks of butter in a nonstick saucepan over medium-low heat; do not boil. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly. Add the sugar, eggs and vanilla to the saucepan and stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
Add the cocoa, flour, cinnamon, chili powder, salt and baking powder and mix until smooth. Spread the batter in the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out fudgy, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack, then use the parchment paper to lift out the brownies before slicing.
Photograph by Kate Sears
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By lindsaybanks
on January 16, 2012
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I have made similar brownies in the past and I remember that I wanted it with more kick, and read the reviews saying that these weren't very hot, so I used two types of chile powder. The first was "Cobanero," a mild, super smokey chili powder from Guatemala, and I used 1/2 a tsp of that, and 1/2 a tsp of cayenne. The mix barely tasted spicy. I couldn't find my brownie pan and used a circular pie dish, and they were still liquid-y at 20 minutes, so I ended up baking them for 40 minutes. I like the use of kosher salt. Overall, the recipe is really easy and they turned out great. My friend who doesn't like spicy foods called them Devil Brownies, because they start out moist and chocolatey and then the spiciness hits you!
By Chef #580861 Ne...
Illinois
on November 19, 2011
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The picture here is very nice to look at but mine didn't come out that way.I don't know why but they fell in the middle big time.They were very chewy.I followed the recipe so don't know what happened.Will try again,the flavor is nice.
By nicolevole_11208514
Hanscom AFB, MA
on August 19, 2011
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These are fun and different than the usual brownie. My husband loves them. I think the spice is on the subtle side, but perfect.
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