Ever wanted to make those rich, dense brownies you find at coffee shops, that somehow have the crunch and chewy exterior, yet are very moist in the interior? Do I have the brownie recipe for you!

Ingredients

• 1.5 sticks unsalted butter
• 1.25 cups granulated sugar
• 2 Tbs vanilla extract (or 1 Tbs dried ground vanilla)
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 (14 oz can) sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Melt butter in sauce pan over medium heat, whisking until browned, caramel scent should be present. Add cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla, simmer for 1 minute, whisking constantly.
2. Keeping pot on the stove, whisk in condensed milk, powdered sugar, milk, and white chocolate chips until smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in both eggs. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour and granulated sugar. Fold together liquid mixture into flour/sugar bowl. Once well combined, mix in semi-sweet chocolate chips.
4. Pour into pan, bake for 1 hour.
   • I use a 9 inch square pan, lined with parchment paper to easily pull the brownies out of the pan.
5. Once the brownies have cooled, cut the whole pan of brownies, as they cool, they will develop that crunch you are looking for

Yield: 16 large brownies or 64 cubes