Mini Chocolate Brownies

Valentine’s Day and chocolate, could it be any sweeter? These are my mini chocolate brownies that are the perfect little bite of chocolatey goodness. Enjoy!

Ingredients
1 ounce semisweet chocolate (roughly 3 tablespoons of chips)
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate (the bars are 1 ounce per square typically)
1 stick unsalted butter (room temperature), plus extra for greasing pan
1 1⁄4 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup unbleached all purpose flour, plus extra for flouring muffin pan
Roughly a 1⁄4 cup Powdered Sugar

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour mini muffin pan, if not using silicone or some kind of non-stick.
2. Melt chocolate and butter in a *Bain Marie stirring frequently. When chocolate and butter are completely melted and combined, remove bowl from Bain Marie, drying the bottom of the bowl with a towel to remove any water.
3. Place chocolate mixture into a stand up mixer with a paddle attachment.
4. On low speed spoon in sugar.
5. Then add eggs one at a time.
6. Add vanilla.
7. Increase speed to medium, and mix until combined.
8. Reduce speed to low and add flour by spoonfuls until just combined. Do not over mix.
9. Using a tablespoon, fill muffin cups about 3⁄4 full. Be careful not to overfill the cups, or your mini brownies will look like toadstools.
10. Bake anywhere from 8 to 12 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Do not over bake or they will be very dry.
11. Remove from oven.
12. Cool very briefly in muffin pan. Remove brownies from pan and place on a cooling rack.
13. Place powdered sugar into a small mesh strainer/sifter. Set aside.
14. Draw or trace a tiny heart onto a piece of paper. Cut out the heart shape and discard.
15. Using the paper as a heart template, place paper on top of brownie, centering the heart shape on the top of the brownie.
16. Sift the powdered sugar over the heart template and then carefully remove paper.
17. Repeat process until all brownies are done. Makes about 32 brownies.
*Bain Marie: Fill a saucepan about half full of water. Bring water to a boil. Turn off the heat and place a heat safe bowl over the saucepan. Water should not be touching the bowl. The steam does the heating.

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