🦈 TONIGHT ON SHARK TANK: Let Them Eat Candles!! 🥳 Make sure to tune into ABC at 8pm ET to see our pals Loree and Bob pitch their amazing chocolate candles to the sharks! 🍫🕯✨
When Loree announced that LTEC would be on Shark Tank, I knew I had to bake something special for the occasion 💁🏼♀️ Loree and Bob live in Chicago, and did you know that brownies were supposedly invented in the Windy City? Yep! A chef at Palmer House created a scrumptious, chocolate-laden recipe for the Columbian Exposition World’s Fair in 1893 👨🏻🍳 Last night I baked up this century-old recipe, and during tonight's show, I'll be enjoying a brownie (or two) 😍
So proud of and excited for you, Loree and Bob! 🎉🎉🎉
PrintPalmer House Brownies
- Yield: 24-ish brownies, depending on how you cut ‘em 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Brownies:
- ¾ cup + 2 Tbsp (150g) chopped dark chocolate [1]
- 1 cup + 3 ½ Tbsp (275g) unsalted butter, cubed & room temp
- ¾ cup + 1 Tbsp (100g) all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ cups + 1 Tbsp (360g) granulated sugar
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 5 large eggs, lightly beaten & room temp
- 2 cups (225g) chopped walnuts
Glaze:
- ½ cup (150g) peach (or apricot) preserves
- 2 Tbsp (28g) water
Celebratory Decoration:
- Let Them Eat Candles Chocolate Candle
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9" x 12" baking sheet with parchment paper. (We used this quarter sheet pan.)
- In a medium heatproof bowl, melt chocolate and butter in microwave in 20-second increments, stirring after each zap. Microwave until mixture is mostly melted. Remove bowl from microwave and continue mixing to combine and melt the rest of the chocolate.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the centre of your dry ingredients, then pour in melted chocolate mixture. Whisk for 4–5 minutes.
- In a small bowl, lightly beat eggs together. Pour into brownie mixture, whisking until fully incorporated.
- Pour brownie batter into prepared pan, smoothing top with an offset spatula or the backside of a spoon. (Yes, your pan will be very full.) Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top, gently pressing them into the batter.
- Bake for about 30 minutes. Brownies are done when they have puffed up slightly and their edges are set. The centre will still be a wee bit moist.
- Transfer pan to wire rack. Allow brownies to cool for 30 minutes.
- While brownies are cooling, make the glaze. In a small pot over medium heat, combine peach preserves and water. Stirring regularly, cook mixture for about 3 minutes, letting it boil and thicken slightly. Pour glaze through a sieve into a small heatproof bowl. [2]
- While brownies are still warm, brush all over with hot glaze.
- Once brownies and glaze are totally cool, remove from pan by pulling up on parchment paper. Cut into 24 squares. [3]
- Pop a Let Them Eat Candles chocolate candle into the brownie for the birthday person! Light, wish, eat!
Notes
- We used Nói Síríus 56% bittersweet chocolate, our favourite.
- Save any chunks of discarded fruit from the preserves! Store in a small jar in the fridge and enjoy mixed into your morning yoghurt or oatmeal.
- To get super clean cuts, you may need to put cooled brownies into freezer for 20–30 minutes before cutting.
Slightly adapted from: Palmer House
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