Mexican Chocolate Pecan Brownies

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Mexican Chocolate Pecan Brownies


1/2 cup (1 stick/4 ounce. unsalted butter
1 (3.3-ounce.) disc or tablet Mexican-Style Sweet Chocolate, chopped (Recommended brands are: Abuelita, Ibarra, or Don Gustavo)
1 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
Chopped pecans, toasted


1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F/160 degrees C. Line an 8 x 8 x 2-inch
baking pan with foil, extending foil over opposite edges of pan. Grease and
lightly flour the foil, then set pan aside.

2. In a medium saucepan over low heat melt butter, Mexican chocolate, and
unsweetened chocolate, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; cool.

3. Stir sugar into cooled chocolate mixture in saucepan. Add the eggs, one
at a time, beating with a wooden spoon just until combined. Stir in the
vanilla extract.

4. In a small mixing bowl stir together the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon,
and salt. Add flour mixture to chocolate mixture; stir just until combined.
Stir in the 1 cup pecans. Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle
with additional nuts, if desired. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Cool brownies in pan on a wire rack. Use foil to lift brownies from pan. Cut
into 16 bars.

Makes 16 brownies.