Chocolate Cobbler
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8 servings We have taken to calling this gooey, intensely chocolaty dessert a “molten brownie.” The process for making it is unusual, but do not stray from the instructions and you will be rewarded.
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons (2 oz or 55g) butter
- 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup packed (115g) brown sugar
- ¼ cup (20g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (120g) milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- (Finely grated zest of 1 orange)
- 4 ounces (115g) semisweet, bittersweet, or dark chocolate (up to 70% cacao), chopped
- ½ cup (100g) sugar
- ½ cup packed (115g) brown sugar
- ¼ cup (20g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ¼ cups (295g) boiling water
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Step 1.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place in an 8- or 9-inch square baking dish: 4 tablespoons (2 oz or 55g) butter
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Step 2.
Place in the oven until the butter is melted, then remove and set aside.
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Step 3.
Whisk together in a medium bowl: 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour; ½ cup packed (115g) brown sugar; ¼ cup (20g) unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt
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Step 4.
Pour the melted butter out of the baking dish into the flour mixture and whisk in, along with: ½ cup (120g) milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; (Finely grated zest of 1 orange)
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Step 5.
Spread the flour mixture in the baking dish and sprinkle with: 4 ounces (115g) semisweet, bittersweet, or dark chocolate (up to 70% cacao), chopped
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Step 6.
Mix together in a medium bowl: ½ cup (100g) sugar; ½ cup packed (115g) brown sugar; ¼ cup (20g) unsweetened cocoa powder
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Step 7.
Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the chocolate in the baking dish. Pour over the top, but do not mix in: 1 ¼ cups (295g) boiling water
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Step 8.
Bake until barely set in the middle, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
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