Snack: Best Friends Forever Brownies

Recipe by /contributors/kemp-minifie After sampling hundreds of brownies in the Gourmet magazine test kitchens, along with baking countless more at home (my first was from the cult classic Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls), I feel qualified t

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Nuts, Walnuts

Health and fertility benefits of Best Friends Forever Brownies

Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity. Walnuts are low on the glycemic index. What’s more, they also lower the glycemic index of other foods that you eat in conjunction with these nuts. Any kind of nuts provide a healthy source of fat and a great way to encourage PCOS weight loss.

Ingredients

3 ounces unsweetened chocolate (100 percent cacao), chopped
1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt (if you have fine sea salt, use it)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (any type, as long as it's unsweetened)
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
Special equipment: 8-inch square baking pan

Instructions

Heat oven to 325 °F with rack in middle. Lightly grease or butter pan and line with crisscrossed sheets of parchment or foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang.
Melt chocolate with butter in a large metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove bowl from pan and let cool 5 minutes.
Add sugar and whisk well.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition, and whisk mixture vigorously until smooth and cohesive.
Whisk in vanilla and salt.
Add flour and cocoa and stir with whisk until incorporated and batter is smooth.
Fold in nuts with a rubber spatula.
Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until a wooden pick comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack.
To remove them easily from the pan, use the parchment overhangs to lift the brownies, still on the parchment, from the pan. Cut brownies into serving pieces.

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