Whenever I visit my friends who live on the Chesapeake, I try to bring some food. This time around, I am going with a dessert recipe! I found a recipe for a Tart with Grilled Fruit in a cookbook called Crazy About Pies that I bookmarked for my next trip to Maryland because we always end up grilling and I thought it would make a great complement to a barbecued dinner. I decided to instead make dark chocolate brownies to go with the grilled fruit instead of the tart. (I will have a post about Crazy About Pies in the near future, there are some amazing sounding recipes in this cookbook!) The recipe for dark chocolate brownies is adapted from an Alton Brown recipe.
Ingredients (makes 16 servings):
- 2 pints of ice cream, preferably fruit based (I used a strawberry almond milk ice cream)
Dark Chocolate Brownies
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4 large eggs
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1 cup sugar
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1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
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8 ounces melted butter (2 sticks) plus more for greasing
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1 cup dark chocolate cocoa
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1/2 cup flour
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1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Fruit
- Fruit of your choice (about 1 cup): I used pineapple, kiwi, and watermelon
- the juice of 2 oranges
- 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
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