This is my first attempt at baking these brownies. I baked as directed, however, I used a 8x8 inch pan rather than a 13x9 for a thicker brownie. Unfortunately, after hours of cooling, I cut into the brownie and the middle portion was very fudgy/squishy. I was hoping for a thicker center for easier handling and for a nice thick bite. Although this may be looked down upon, I tossed these brownies back in the oven @350 for appx. 20min, and thankfully, the center thickened up a little bit.

I used %80 dark chocolate but still seemed a lot chocolate for me so i reduced to 320 grams from 340. i also added cherries and pistachios on top to cut the sweetness a little, made it even more scrumptious. there are only 3 pieces left after the day i baked!

so let the brownies cool completly before u cut them, this took quite a long time because the dense fudgyness traps the heat. id say it was cool to the touch( i checked for warmth on the bottom of the baking dish) after about 3.5-5 hrs. so if your making this recipie to serve the same day id start in adavnce. or serve them warm-if ur into that. o yea, the ice bath for the metled choclate, definatlty dont skip that, let the choc b4 u add it. I would definatly make this my go 2 recipe 4 brownies!!

i dipped my tooth pick in at the suggested time and it came out liquid and the center had a fragile jiggle even though a crust had already formed. so i let it bake for a longer amount of time and it rose a bit higher( and dont worry, i know this was a fear of one of the reviewers, beacuase the crust did not burn it was still beautiful) and then I repeated the toothpick test and it came reletavly clean( a few specks of a cake like brownie like crumbs) and the fragile jiggle was gone...

.....in a seemless manner. I used and 8x8 pan and the recipe yieded 16 uniform squares. Side note* i only had 10 oz of choclate on hand so i just used 10 instead of 12. There was no difference. However I have encountered a noticeable difference in the past with other recipies, But for this one I woudnt sweat it. Also in terms of baking, now this could be different depending on your type of oven ( I have a Wolf Gormet oven) but the baking time for my brownies ran a bit longer than the suggested..

These brownies were absolutly wonderful! I made them after watching the choclate episode of Martha Bakes. I followed all of her directions-and I has no porblems. The crust was perfelty flaky and the body was a velvty fudge. In order to get the flaky crust you must beat the butter and the sugar untill it is opaque and fluffy. Also since they are quite fudgy preparing your pan with a parchment paper saddle( as seen on the episode) is crucial! because it alows you to lift the brownies out...

Great recipe - love the crunchy top and fudgy-ness :-) Delicious, made these twice already and planning on the next... yum!

I must agree with Kate. I made these yesterday afternoon and let them cool until evening. They smelled delicious while baking but nothing was salvageable. The top looked wonderful but I couldn't get them out of the pan because under that beautiful top crust was a brownie with the consistency of soft fudge. Definitely undercooked but any longer in the oven I was afraid the top would start burning.

LIterally the worst brownies I have ever made. They never baked they just stayed as a half baked batter-y mush.

These were not good. Too chocolatey, too dry and cakey, not moist and fudgy. Expensive ingredients for poor results. The 99 cent box mix tastes better than these.