Strawberry Swirl Brownies
You know what’s really hard? Starting the week off with a fantastic Monday only to follow with three not so great days in a row. Monday was my birthday and the kids were spot on perfect. I couldn’t have asked for a better day. There is that saying that goes something like “if mom’s not happy, no one is happy.” In my house it is more like “if the kids aren’t happy, no one is happy.” When they’re great, I feed off of their fantastic, happy energy. When they’re not, it really affects me.
After three tough days, I was due for a chocolate fix. Big time. I also had some strawberries that were about to be slightly past their prime and needed to be used up, preferably cooked in something. Everyone knows that chocolate and strawberries go hand and hand, yet I’ve never had a strawberry brownie. Times are a changing. The white chocolate in the recipe is completely random. I wanted it to be dark chocolate, but I started unwrapping and dropping into the butter, only to realize it was white chocolate. Oh well. These were gooood. I dare you to just eat one.
Strawberry Swirl Brownies
Chocolate and strawberries are the perfect pair! The special strawberry sauce also makes these a really rich treat!
Ingredients
- 8 Tbs butter, sliced into tablespoons
- 4 oz. white chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 c cocoa powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 c sugar
- 1 c flour
Strawberry Sauce
- 2 c strawberries, sliced
- 3/4 c strawberry preserves
- 1/2 c sugar
- juice of half a lemon
- 1 Tbs cornstarch
Instructions
Strawberry Sauce
- Combine sliced strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Pour contents in a food processor with the preserves and process until smooth. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat, stirring frequently until thickened.
- Remove from heat and use in brownies or other goodies.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a saucepan, melt the butter. Add chopped white chocolate, whisking in until melted. Turn off heat and whisk in cocoa powder, eggs (one at a time), and sugar. Stir in flour with a spoon.
- Line an 8×8 pan with foil and spray with cooking spray. Pour half of the brownie batter in. Add half of the strawberry sauce on top and swirl in with a knife.
- Add the remaining brownie batter on top and even it out. Drop the second half of the strawberry sauce on top and swirl in.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. After brownies have cooled, lift out of pan and cut into brownies.
Brownies
Notes
Strawberry sauce adapted from Cook’s Illustrated
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 365Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 106mgCarbohydrates: 60gFiber: 2gSugar: 44gProtein: 4g
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Kevin says
Adding strawberries to brownies sounds good!
oneordinaryday says
Wow. Why hasn’t anyone ever thought of this before?? I’m bookmarking right now!Michelle
chocolatecup says
i would really like a slice!!:) i love browniesss and those fudgy wudgy ones drive me crazy!! not too sweet though i hope:P
Meg says
What a great flavor combination!
Gina says
Wow. That looks amazing! At first I thought: not another brownie recipe! But this is really not just any brownie, is it?
GFE--gluten free easily says
Don’t you love it when those accidents turn out so well? These are lovely brownies. :-)Shirley
Patsyk says
I’d be happy to dig into those! YUM!
Diane-TheWHOLEGang says
I think I’d ditch the spoon and just use my fingers to eat those up really fast. Great use of Strawberries for Friday Foodie Fix!
Euphoria says
ohhh i like your pagee and all the recipes you post!i love cooking!=D
Jenny says
All I can say is MMMM! Beautiful!