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Guinness Brownies for St. Patrick’s Day

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St. Patrick’s Day always makes me think of my beer of choice: Guinness. Love it or hate it, it’s nearly a tradition come March 17th, and I am all for love. Love it shall be, and brownies there shall be.

I may sound like a lush in the above paragraph. Forgive me. In reality, I don’t drink much. I’m not particularly large, so I tend to sip one drink and never finish it. This makes my husband a great person to share dinner drinks with. He’s also a great person to share brownies with. He likes the outer edge of the pan, and I prefer the gooey inside ones. Yes, our marriage is based on how we eat together.

I’ve made Guinness brownies before, but unfortunately, I never really enjoyed them all that much. It has a lot to do with the fact that they end up rather fudgy instead of having that brownie crumble that I know and love.

To eliminate this problem, I opted to use Guinness as a flavor enhancer to simply bring out the dark chocolate. You don’t get overwhelmed by the Guinness flavor, but you get a dark, rich chocolate brownie that’s worth every bit of effort it takes to make it.

Guinness Brownies
Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Shaina Olmanson
Prep time: 25 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 50 mins
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Guinness Draft Beer
  • 1 ½ sticks butter, melted
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/ 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
  • Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
  1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, reduce the Guinness until it is about 1/4 cup of thick liquid. Set aside.
  2. Preheat the oven to 350º F. In a large bowl, mix together melted butter and sugar. Lightly beat the eggs just until blended and add eggs and vanilla to the bowl and mix to combine. Stir in the reduced Guinness. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, and then add the flour mixture to the sugar.
  3. Spread the batter into a greased 9×13″ baking pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the batter and bake for 20-25 minutes until brownies are set. Cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, cut into bars and serve.

 

Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? We usually end up at our friend’s house for an Irish breakfast, but we don’t tend to do much else on the day itself. I suppose this shows my age and unwillingness to brave the crowds.

Shaina Olmanson is the freelance writer, photographer, and home cook behind Food for My Family. Cooking daily with and for her four kids and husband, Ole, drives her desire to inspire other families to do the same. Shaina is also the author of Desserts in Jars and regularly contributes to various online sites and traditional print magazines.