Cookie Recipes
Chocolate Sin Raspberry Truffle Brownies
Ingredients
Brownies
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet real chocolate morsels
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
- 2 tablespoons water*
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
Raspberry Truffle Filling
- 1 cup semisweet real chocolate morsels
- 1/3 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup seedless red raspberry preserves
Glaze
- 1/4 cup semisweet real chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon solid vegetable shortening
Instructions
Brownies
- In saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate morsels and butter (or use a low microwave setting in a heat-proof bowl); cool slightly.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs.
- Add chocolate mixture and coffee dissolved in water. Mix well.
- Sift baking powder with flour and blend into wet ingredients.
- Spread in a greased 9 inch square baking dish.
- Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick tests clean.
Raspberry Truffle Filling
- Melt chocolate with coffee in pan over low heat, or use a low microwave setting in a heatproof bowl. Set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, beat softened cream cheese until fluffy; add powdered sugar and preserves. Beat until fluffy.
- Beat in melted chocolate mixture until well blended.
- Spread carefully over cooled brownie layer.
Glaze
- In a small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and shortening.
- Drizzle over truffle layer.
- Chill for 2 hours.
- Cut into bars and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
* or omit coffee crystals and water and use 2 tablespoons very strong coffee