Whew! Fall is finally here! As well as it being the third day of Fall, today is a Secret Recipe Club reveal! Whoo hoo!
Welcome to September’s SRC and Group C’s posting day!
My assignment this month was Rachel with The Avid Appetite. Rachel married the love of her life, decided to become a “kick-ass wife,” taught herself to cook, rediscovered her love of writing, and “pretends” she is a photographer. (Really, there is no pretending…she takes some “kick-ass” photos, too.) A new addition was recently added to the family, a beautiful baby girl. Rachel is adding being a supermom to her portfolio!
Our own superkids, our godchildren, were coming to visit this weekend so I needed a super dessert to go with our cookout to celebrate their visit. I found a great selection of desserts on Rachel’s site and landed on Fudgy Salted Caramel Brownies.
I did not change her recipe at all. Here is Rachel’s recipe verbatim:
Fudgy Salted Caramel Brownies from The Avid Appetite
*Adapted from Cooking Light, circa September 2011
for the brownies
3/4 C all-purpose flour
1 C granulated sugar
3/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 C packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
6 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
cooking sprayfor the caramel topping
1/4 C butter
1/4 C packed brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp fat-free evaporated milk*
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 C confectioners sugar
1/8 tsp kosher or other coarse saltPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 8×8″ pan with foil, leaving some overhang so that the entire thing can be lifted out of the pan after baking and coat with cooking spray.
Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, brown sugar and baking powder in a mixing bowl, stirring to incorporate. In another small bowl, mix the butter, eggs and vanilla. Add butter mixture to flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Pour into pan.
Bake for 19 minutes for an 8×8″ pan, or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs attached. Let cool completely in pan.
Once cooled, make the caramel topping!
In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add sugar and evaporated milk and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in the vanilla and confectioners sugar until smooth. Pour over the brownies. Sprinkle with kosher or other coarse salt. Let set, cut into squares and eat many of them.
Reviews? These were a hit with all, even one picky eater who scraped off the frosting. Seriously? Who doesn’t like caramel???
I will definitely make these again (and again).
Nice to meet you Rachel. Thank you for a killer brownie recipe.
Thanks to our SRC hosts Jane, Sarah, Suzanne, and the fabulous Group C host, Debbi. They do a super fantastic job keeping us all organized, informed, and on track! Thank you, ladies!
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Abby, we took the kiddos to the zoo too this weekend. I will be posting some hopefully exciting animal pics for you soon to replace the virtual flowers for a while. 🙂
Comments & Replies
41 responses to “Fudgy Salted Caramel Brownies”
Salt, caramel and fudge in ONE sentence got my taste-buds going! A FAB SRC pick! I am new to group C and am enjoying doing the rounds this morning! Karen
Welcome to Group C, Karen. This recipe had me at caramel. LOL
Wheeee! The first recipe I ever came to see on your blog was the white chocolate brownies for the SRC so it’s nostalgic to see another SRC brownie recipe here. These sounds just wonderful! Gotta love some indulgent brownies. mmm
Wow, you’re making me nostalgic. I was actually thinking about making those again with the candy corn Oreos.
The frosting…it’s calling to me…it says I should eat it for breakfast.
They are good for breakfast. Had one yesterday in fact. 🙂
I love all different kinds of brownies! Exactly who doesn’t love caramel and chocolate!
Picky eaters, I guess, :). Thanks, Angie.
Now it’s the caramel part that makes me want a piece of these now! Scrapping it off, wow, can’t imagine. Kids… 😉
I know. Right? He devoured the fudgy part, that’s for sure.
Holy cow, these look amazing… I live for chocolate and caramel combinations, and the only thing that would make this better is a big glass of milk or coffee to go with. Shoot, maybe throw in sown coffee to the mix and make a salted caramel mocha brownie! Ahh, the possibilities , great SRC choice 🙂
That is a fantastic idea. Next time for sure!
Oh man. They look amazing! I wouldn’t change a thing either! YUM!
Now, I am thinking about some espresso to add.
I’m SO happy that you made (and loved!) these brownies! They are one of my all-time favorites…and the fact that they are lightened up is just the caramel on top of an already delicious brownie 😉
Yes, ma’am. Thank you for a kick ass recipe! 🙂
I love this Eliot ! look amazing!
Thanks, Gloria.
These brownies fulfil dreams 😀
Cheers
CCU
Thanks, Uru. I wish I could send some over to you.
You had me at “salted”. These fudgy brownies look perfect, I could eat up a couple!
I have eaten more than a couple!
Fudgy! Salty! and caramel – this is the perfect dessert! Great pick for this month’s SRC group C.
It was a win win!
These sound yummy! Love the combo of chocolate and caramel
Right! This was a great recipe.
Brownies with caramel frosting. YES!! These would NOT last in my house at all.
(PS) Love your recipes. Was hard to pick what to make for SRC!!
Thanks so much. You made a lot of stuff for SRC. I feel honored that you got me for an assignment! Hope to return the favor some day!
Oh yum, caramel brownies – who wouldn’t love that? Even Mr. Picky Eater would swoon!
Hopefully he wouldn’t scrape off the frosting! 🙂
Oh – you never know, he might!
Mmmmm….these look terrific!!!
I just ate the last one!
Wow, these look so good! They wouldn’t last long around our house. 😉 Thanks so much.
Didn’t last long here.
Someone scraped off the caramel frosting? Really? I hope someone grabbed it up and enjoyed it. 🙂 Love, love, love these brownies!!! Great selection of recipe to make.
Well, he was only 9 and probably doesn’t know he should enjoy the finer things in life yet. 🙂
This is a totally decadent brownie Debra. The caramel makes all the difference!
Thanks, Katerina. This base recipe is a keeper too.
Love your SRC choice this month. Chocolate and caramel are my two favorite flavors and what could be better than to combine them in a fudgy brownie. I would love to have one with my morning coffee.
Morning coffee, afternoon coffee, after dinner coffee. They are excellent with all of these coffee breaks.