Toasted Almond Brownies

Toasted almonds and milk chocolate just work.

Don’t try to argue about it, because you’ll lose the fight all night long.

Take a perfectly good sliced almond, improve it 750% by toasting it (really- if you don’t toast your almonds then you are living in a hazy, cloudy, sad, bland place), and throw it into the World’s Greatest Fudge Brownie… with a healthy splash of amaretto liqueur and milk chocolate chips.

You’re welcome, my friend.

You’re welcome.

Adapted from my World’s Greatest Fudge Brownie recipe…

4 ounces chopped unsweetened chocolate (the better the chocolate, the better the brownie)

3/4 cup unsalted butter

2 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons real vanilla (use the real stuff)

1 tablespoon amaretto liqueur

1 teaspoon almond extract (use the real stuff)

3 lightly beaten eggs

1 cup flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 cup milk chocolate chips

3/4 cup lightly toasted sliced almonds
1. Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9 x 9 foil-lined pan.
2. Melt chocolate & butter in microwave for 2:15 minutes and stir.
3. Stir in sugar, then vanilla, then eggs, then salt, then flour, then chocolate chips.
4. Pour into prepared pan, sprinkle toasted almonds overtop, and bake for 33 – 36 minutes (until center is just set).
5. Cool & cut into squares.
6. Indulge.
Tips:
- Sliced almonds? Yes, buy sliced almonds- not slivered. (Well, you can do what you want, I suppose. But sliced are thinner and have a better texture for this kind of dessert, IMHO.)
- Toasting almonds is an easy job. Throw them on a baking sheet, and bake in the hot oven for 8 minutes or so. Watch them in the last minute, as they might burn on you… you just want them very lightly toasted, not roasted.
- Want more almond and milk chocolate? Make this Milk Chocolate & Toasted Almond Toffee pronto.
- These do freeze well if well wrapped.
- Enjoy!
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October 15th, 2014 | More Sweets Please | No Comments | Tags: Brownies & Bars, Nuts, World's Best