Bourbon Brownies
Comments: If desired, use warm milk instead of Bourbon.
Servings: 20 brownies
  • 1/4 cup [60 mL] Bourbon [American Whisky]
  • 1/4 cup [60 mL] semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups [210 g] all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] salt
  • 1 1/3 cups [300 g] sugar
  • 6 tablespoons [90 g] butter, softened
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] vanilla
  • 2 large eggs
  • Vegetable spray
  • Preheat oil to 350°F [180°C].
  • Bring Bourbon to a boil into a small casserole; remove from heat.
  • Mix in chocolate chips, until smooth.
  • To measure flour, delicately spoon flour into dry ingredients measuring cups; level flour with the blade of a knife.
  • Into a medium bowl, whip togehter flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder and salt until mixed.
  • Into a large bowl, beat together sugar and softened butter at medium speed of an electric beater until well mixed.
  • Add vanilla and eggs; beat well.
  • Alternately mix flour and Bourbon mixtures into sugar mixture, mixing just enough to mix.
  • Evenly spread dough into a square 9-inch [23-cm] cake pan already sprayed with vegetable spray.
  • Bake into preheated oven for approximately 25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
  • Leave to cool in pan onto a wire rack until completely cooled, before cutting into 20 pieces.