jamaican coffee brownies with pecans
If you can't get Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee then good espresso beans and strong brewed espresso work well, too. This is a dense, rich brownie not light and cake like. If you don't use the powder grind coffee brownie texture will be gritty.
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yield
16 serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For jamaican coffee brownies with pecans
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nonstick vegetable oil spray
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2 csugar
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15 Tbsp(2 sticks minus 1 tablespoon) unsalted butter
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3/4 cunsweetened cocoa powder
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2 1/2 Tbspfinely ground (turkish powder grind) jamaican blue mountain coffee beans
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1/2 tspsalt
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3 lgeggs
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1 1/2 tsppure vanilla extract
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1/4 call purpose flour
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3/4 cpecan pieces
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1 cbittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips (6 ounces)
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4 Tbspfreshly brewed jamaican blue mountain coffee
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2 Tbspjamaican rum
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32thin strips crystallized ginger (optional)
How To Make jamaican coffee brownies with pecans
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1Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9x2-inch metal pan with nonstick spray.
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2Combine sugar, butter, cocoa, ground coffee, and salt in large metal bowl. Place bowl over saucepan of simmering water and whisk until butter melts and ingredients are blended.
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3Remove bowl from over water; cool mixture to lukewarm if necessary. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. Sift flour over and fold in. Mix in pecans.
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4Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake brownies until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool brownies in pan.
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5Place chocolate chips in small bowl. Bring brewed coffee to simmer in small saucepan remove from heat and add the rum. Pour over chips and stir until melted and smooth.
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6Let ganache stand until cool and beginning to thicken, about 1 hour; spread evenly over brownies. Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover, let stand at room temperature. Cut brownies into 16 squares. Top each with 2 ginger strips if using.
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