Brownie Pudding

Show: Barefoot ContessaEpisode: Food with Love

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (103)

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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 50 min

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Ingredients

1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus extra for buttering the dish
4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup good cocoa powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean
1 tablespoon framboise liqueur, optional
Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly butter a 2-quart (9 by 12 by 2-inch) oval baking dish. Melt the 1/2 pound of butter and set aside to cool.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs and sugar on medium-high speed for 5 to 10 minutes, until very thick and light yellow. Meanwhile, sift the cocoa powder and flour together and set aside.

When the egg and sugar mixture is ready, reduce the speed to low and add the vanilla seeds, framboise, if using, and the cocoa powder and flour mixture. Mix only until combined. With mixer still on low, slowly pour in the cooled butter and mix again just until combined.

Pour the brownie mixture into the prepared dish and place it in a larger baking pan. Add enough of the hottest tap water to the pan to come halfway up the side of the dish and bake for exactly 1 hour. A cake tester inserted 2 inches from the side will come out 3/4 clean. The center will appear very under-baked; this dessert is between a brownie and a pudding.

Allow to cool and serve with vanilla ice cream.

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recipe Brownie Pudding
Jennifer Hampton Bays, NY 11-20-2009
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Very good brownie alternative
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I loved just about everything about this brownie. It's crunchy top and extremely soft, almost gooey center combines the two... things I love about brownies. My only suggestion is to add a bit of salt to the mix, as I thought the flavor was a bit "flat". I'd make these again with the addition of about 1/2 teaspoon salt in a heart beat!Read more
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Jill Fairbanks, AK 11-20-2009
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Great Potluck Dish!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Really enjoyed this recipe and it was so quick and easy. We loved the contrast between the crunchy top and rich gooey... center! I didn't have any liqueur on hand so I replaced with the same amount of creme brulee coffee, also used vanilla extract instead of bean and added some cinnamon and pumpkin spice to tailor it to the holidays. Went fast at the holiday potluck! Read more
recipe Brownie Pudding
Connie Watson, OK 11-18-2009
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WAY to rich
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This really is a very rich rich rich desert, we had it with ice cream and it came out exactly the way she made it on tv but... wow... My husband loves chocolate and he didn't really seem thrilled about this one at all. It was so rich it almost made me sick. If you liked it I am glad but I honestly wont make this one again.Read more
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Tiffane Chicago, IL 11-17-2009
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this one's a miss...
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

After seeing the show, I was dying to make the brownie pudding recipe. Even after seeing the reviews and the complaints about... the recipe coming out "undercooked," I still thought I'd give it a whirl. Though the taste of the brownie pudding was really nice, to me this is just a glorified undercooked brownie recipe. I didn't get the "pudding" effect I was expecting, which was a chocolate pudding remnant on the bottom and a more cake-like brownie texture on top. If you are a true chocoholic and don't mind having a dessert that tastes like brownies that haven't been cooked through, then make this recipe. Otherwise, do yourself a favor and just buy a box of your favorite brownie mix from the grocery store. In my opinion, this recipe wasn't worth the time and money I spent to make it.Read more
recipe Brownie Pudding
Cynthia Chappaqua , NY 11-15-2009
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DELICIOUS, EASY, IMPRESSIVE chocolate dessert
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I saw this episode recently and since I'm on a serious baking binge lately, I decided to try it today. It was SUPER easy,... even though the recipe seemed a little weird, with the addition of the hot water at the end. I baked mine for 58 minutes, only because it seemed a little more done than the recipe stated--it was perfect though. Chewy yummy crunchy brownie crust over a molten and deep chocolate center. VERY rich--this could easily serve 8 or 10 people. I served mine with whipped cream instead of ice cream, and the coolness was a welcome counterpart to the deep chocolate flavor of the brownie pudding. I left out the liqueur, and used a tsp of vanilla extract in lieu of vanilla bean; I also didn't have an oval baking dish so I used a 2 quart oblong one. Even with these variations, it still came out just right. In the future I might try it with 1.5 cups of sugar instead of 2 full cups because it was maybe a touch too sweet for us--but we're big eaters so the portions were admittedly gigantic. For KARI who can't figure out what they did wrong and got an overcooked version: did you forget the hot water step? Also--to PRISCILLA who didn't make it but felt compelled to give it a one star review anyway: it's the hot water that makes it molten in the center. It's not undercooked. Read more
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Alethia Glastonbury, CT 11-15-2009
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Decadent!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this last night for company and made it exactly as the recipe stated. I really think the vanilla bean and framboise... add that extra something to make this a really special dessert. It was very rich and the consistency was great. I baked it a little longer than suggested (1 hour 10 minutes) and really like it, but next time will follow Ina's cooking time. I over compensated for the fact that I used a slightly smaller baking dish, but think it would have been even better had I left it in for just an hour.Read more