Yummy Fudge Brownies with dried cherries

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kiria_dk was recently telling me about her Brownies of Win, I promptly and pompously told her that anything made with raisins just had to be better with dried cherries. I finally had an excuse to try her recipe last night and OMG they were good.

Fudge Cherry Brownies, based on recipe in the Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home (p. 317).
1/2 cup (one stick) salted butter, extra butter for pan
3 oz unsweetened chocolate (I used Ghirardelli's 60%)
1 cup (7.5 oz) lightly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs (I used the last two duck eggs from Rosie and Jed)
1/2 cup King Arthur's unbleached white flour
1/2 cup Dried Pitted Tart Montmorency Cherries 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F).
Butter an 8x8 square baking pan
In a microwaveable bowl, melt the butter and chocolate together, stirring occasionally. When the butter and chocolate have melted, add all remaining ingredients (except cherries)  and beat with an electric mixer until the batter is thoroughly blended and smooth. Add cherries and stir briefly.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake for about 20 minutes, until the brownies are just beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan and are fudgy in the center. For more cakelike brownies, bake an additional 5 minutes.
GM thought the brownies didn't look done at 20 mins, so we went for the extra five.
Served 4.

Comments

[aastg.livejournal.com]

Oh WOW - I'll bet those are amazing. Thanks for posting the recipe!

[kiria-dk.livejournal.com]

*huge grin* I was wondering how long you'd be able to resist! Glad you enjoyed. For the record, they are better with cherries, and a tablespoon or so of ground cinnamon is a very tasty addition. I also ended up baking mine for more like 30 minutes, but had assumed that it was because my oven is weird. Guess not.

[gormflaith.livejournal.com]

It only served four because they were still within reach after we had each had a sufficient portion. :-)
I think it will happilly serve twice that with no leftovers.