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Heart Shaped Brownies

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Delicious and visually striking heart-shaped brownies filled with fresh raspberry buttercream, perfect for gifts and special occasions.

Ingredients

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  • 9″ x 13″ metal baking pan, lined with foil
  • Nonstick spray
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 8 oz high-quality chocolate
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp espresso powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup raspberries (for buttercream)
  • 2-1/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • Additional powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F, fold heavy foil into a 13″ wide strip and fit into a 9″ x 13″ metal pan, leaving overhang on the 2 long sides, spray lightly with nonstick spray.
  2. In a large heavy saucepan over very low heat, stir butter and chocolate until melted. Remove from heat and whisk in sugar, then eggs one at a time. Whisk in espresso powder, vanilla, and salt. Sift flour over the chocolate mixture and stir to blend. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
  3. Bake until slightly puffed and dry-looking, tester comes out with some moist batter attached, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a rack.
  4. For raspberry buttercream, cook raspberries until broken down, strain through cheesecloth, press to extract juice, simmer to reduce to 1/4 cup concentrated juice. Cool.
  5. With a stand mixer, cream butter for 2 minutes, add 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup cooled raspberry sauce, lemon juice, and salt; mix until smooth, add 1-1/2 cups more powdered sugar. Fit pastry bag with medium-large round tip.
  6. Run knife around pan, lift brownies using foil overhang, cut hearts with cookie cutters, use thin spatula to lift, pipe buttercream around inside edge of one heart, fill, top with another. Sprinkle powdered sugar.

Notes

Store brownie hearts in an airtight container with parchment between layers for up to 3 days in the refrigerator or freeze up to 1 month.

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