Kentucky Bourbon Brownies

Ingredients

• cup sweet cream butter
• ounce sunsweetened baking chocolate
• 1/2 cup sall-purpose flour
• teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• large eggs
• teaspoon sbourbon
• teaspoon Madagascar bourbon vanilla extra ct
• cup swhite sugar
• cup chopped pecans (Optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. Place butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Cool completely, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into a bowl; set aside.
4. Beat eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until light yellow. Beat in bourbon and vanilla extract; gradually beat in sugar until well blended. Beat in butter chocolate mixture. Stir in flour mixture until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed; fold in pecans. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until edges have started to pull away from the sides of the pan, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.

Tips

If you'd prefer cake-like brownies, use 4 eggs instead of 3. Instead of folding pecans into batter, you can alternatively place pecans on top of brownie batter before baking. As soon as pan is removed from the oven, you can sprinkle semisweet chocolate chips over the brownies, let sit for 1 minute, and spread melted chips over entire surface.