Gluten-Free Fudgy Pecan Brownies
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Fudgy Pecan Brownies
Who knew gluten-free brownies could taste this good? Everyday Food editor Sarah Carey bakes up a double chocolate treat and shows you how to make cleanup a breeze.
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- Prep Time 20 minutes
- Total Time 50 minutes + cooling
- Yield Makes 16
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more for pan
- 1/3 cup cornstarch (spooned and leveled)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup chopped toasted pecans
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter an 8-inch square baking pan and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides. Whisk together cornstarch, cocoa, cinnamon, and salt. In a large microwave-safe bowl, microwave butter and chocolate in 30-second increments, stirring each time, until melted and smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Stir in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Add cornstarch mixture and stir vigorously until mixture is smooth and begins to pull away from side of bowl, about 2 minutes. Stir in pecans.
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Pour batter into pan and smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 35 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Using paper overhang, lift cake out of pan and cut into 16 squares.
Cook's Note
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Cornstarch helps give these brownies structure, just as the gluten in flour would. Spoon and level it in a measuring cup.
I rarely review recipes but this is worthy of one I bake a lot, cookies, cakes, and brownies etc, but hands down this is the best brownie ever! It's simple and easy, produces the most decant brownie.Thank you Martha!
OMG!!!!!!!!!! This is my new brownie recipe. Very easy to make.
I have not tasted yet--they are in the oven. They were easy to make, although I am not sure if Sarah read the "lightly" butter the pan part, the video seemed to show heavily butter :-0
In case anyone needs nutrition info:
Per Brownie (16 servings)
257 calories; 17 g fat (7g sat fat); 3 g protein; 27 g carb; 2 g fiber
Went together very quickly, batter was very fudgy.Hope the finished product is too. I'm beginning a gluten free diet, so this will be nice. I don't expect to eat them everyday, but the occasional treat will be nice.
m gonna make this today!!! =)