Holstein Brownies

oh, Grace.

You are reaching new and ghastly lows with your food photography and font choice/placement.

What else is new? Nothing. I think you'll live.

I know the internet is FILLED with gorgeous food and recipe blogs so it's borderline ridiculous that I post anything in the culinary sphere but I promise these are really, really tasty and I would never post anything that I don't think you'll love. These are well worth your time.

So! let's move on. I could've said moo-ve but ... you were spared.

If you've ever had the pleasure of enjoying anything baked by Simon's mom, Ann, you know I don't exaggerate when I say that she is a bakerella/wizard when it comes to baked goods. It's all amazing. All of it. She makes these Holstein brownies a lot when we visit because Simon is a big chocolate person. Let's rephrase that for the grammar fanatics lest they think Simon resembles a human sized chocolate bunny or something ... he enjoys chocolate a lot. If there's a flourless chocolate anything on any menu ever he always chooses that over any other type of sugar. He likes rich chocolate. And these deliver! They are super rich although the holstein splotches do break it up a bit but if you're big on just chocolate you could most certainly make these sans spots. I try to make them for Simon's birthday and our anniversary. Try!

Here we go (I usually cut it in half but really regretted doing so this time because the three older kids LOVED these and they were gobbled up really quickly) ... verbatim from the master herself!

Ingredients:
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
½ stick butter 2 tablespoons strong brewed coffee 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar *5 large eggs ¼ tsp. Salt ¾ cup flour ¼ cup cocoa 1 cup chocolate chips (or heck, a little more) 8 ounces cream cheese, softened

• Microwave bittersweet chocolate, butter and coffee until melted
• In a separate bowl mix brown and white sugars, salt and *4 eggs with electric mixer until well blended, add flour, cocoa, and salt
• Add chocolate mixture
• Add chocolate chips
• Pour batter into well-greased 9 x 13 pan (or you can make cupcakes! also delicious!)
• In another bowl beat together cream cheese and remaining *egg and drop by spoonfuls onto batter, “yep to resemble that holstein.” I also swirl the cream cheese a bit (goodbye holstein!)
• Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes

ENJOY.