Description
If you like German chocolate cake you’ll love this quick and easy brownie version. It’s moist, chewy, and decadent.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 4 (1 ounce) squares sweet baking chocolate (such as Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate®), broken into pieces
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter an 8- or 9-inch square glass baking pan.
- Mix flour
- baking powder
- and salt together in a bowl.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate and stir until melted. Remove from the heat and cool for 10 minutes or more.
- Combine cooled chocolate mixture
- sugar
- and vanilla extract in a bowl. Add eggs; mix well. Add flour mixture and stir until well combined. Spread batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean
- 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and set the oven to broil.
- Combine brown sugar
- melted butter
- corn syrup
- and milk for topping in a bowl. Stir in coconut and pecans. Drop and gently spread mixture evenly over the warm brownies.
- Broil 4 inches from the heat until topping is bubbly
- 1 to 2 minutes. Cool for 1 hour before slicing and serving.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 16