Chocolate Brownies (gluten free!)

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6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
8 ounces good quality semi-sweet chocolate, chopped (like Ghirardelli)
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 tablespoon natural unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/3 cup almond flour
1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

In a medium mixing bowl, melt the butter in the microwave on 50% power for 1 minute.  Stir until butter is melted or heat again for 15 seconds at 50% power.  Add the chopped chocolate (not chips) and microwave again at 50% power for 1 minute.  Stir until the chocolate and butter are well blended.  If a few lumps of chocolate remain, heat another 15 seconds at 50% power.  Allow the chocolate to sit for 1 minute, then whisk until smooth.

Add the sea salt and blend.  Pour in the sugar and whisk until incorporated.  Add the eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition.  In a small bowl combine the cocoa powder, corn starch and almond flour.  Sift the cocoa mixture over the batter.  Whisk vigorously until the batter is smooth and no longer grainy, about 1 minute. 

Fold in the nuts and chocolate chips.  Pour the batter into an 8×8 inch baking pan lined with parchment paper or foil.  If using foil, spray with non-stick cooking spray or lightly butter.  Make sure the paper or foil goes up the sides of the pan to the top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 28-30 minutes or until the center is set.  Do not over bake.  Cool completely in the pan before removing or cutting.  Serve with ice cream if desired.

Note:  David’s original recipe called for 3 tablespoons corn starch and no almond flour.  I actually made one batch using all corn starch and one recipe as listed above.  Personally I preferred my version.  It was still very moist and fudgy and held together well without crumbling.  It was not cake-like, just a little less fudge-like if that makes sense. 

Either way – they are terrific.

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Hope everybody had a blessed Easter.  We had a wonderful time with our children and their families.  We ended up having as many dogs as people so all the pups had a big day.  I got to hold my favorite little boy Isaac while he enjoyed his first Easter.  What a blessing!

My little grandbunny 🙂
He’s already two months old!
Time flies faster, and faster, the older I get 🙂