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Brownie Squares
From GMA's Food Editor and author, Sara Moulton
December 12, 2003

Sara Moulton and Gourmet's food editors cut the workload for your busy holiday season. This cookie recipe is based on their simple Basic Butter Cookies.

Ingredients

Basic Butter Cookie dough

1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter

10 1/2 ounces fine-quality bitter sweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped.

1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar

3 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups walnuts (6oz; optional), toasted, cooled, and coarsely chopped

Directions

Make Crust:

1. Grease a 13- by 9-inch metal baking pan, then line with foil, leaving a 2 inch overhang on both ends, and grease foil.

2. Follow recipe for basic butter cookies to make dough (do not chill), then press dough evenly onto bottom of baking pan, using plastic wrap on top to prevent dough from sticking to your fingers, and chill until firm, about 20 minutes.

3. While crust chills, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.

4. Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Cool crust in pan on a rack 20 minutes. (Leave oven on).

Make brownie filling while crust cools:

1. Melt butter and chocolate with brown sugar in a 3 quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove from heat, then whisk in eggs and vanilla until combined well. Whisk in flour, cocoa, and salt, then stir in walnuts (if using).

2. Spread brownie batter over cooled crust and bake until set, about 20 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack, about 1 1/2 hours.

3. Run a heavy knife under hot water and wipe dry, then cut confection into 1-inch squares.

Makes about 6 dozen cookies

Cooks' Note: Squares keep, layered between sheets of wax paper of parchment in an airtight container at room temperature, for 1 week.

If you would like the recipes for Caramel Pecan Cookies, Petite Lemon Curd cookies, Coconut Cookies, Almond Spice Cookies and more, you'll find them at www.gourmet.com. Copyright © 2003 Conde Nast Publications. All rights reserved. Originally published in Gourmet. Reprinted by permission.