Chocolate Orange Brownies
Homemade double chocolate orange brownie with fresh citrus orange zest.
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- 1/2 cup Orange Olive Oil or Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- Orange Zest from 1 medium orange
- 1 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 cup Cake Flour
- 1 cup Flour all-purpose
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2 cups Chocolate Chunks Chocolate Chips, or Chocolate Orange, chopped
- Optional: Lindt Chocolate Orange Bar Squares for tops of brownies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, olive oil, sugar, and brown sugar for 4 minutes until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
- Stir in orange zest and mix.
- Stir in cocoa powder, cake flour, all-purpose flour, and salt. Stir just until combined, scraping down sides of the bowl.
- Stir in chocolate chunks, chocolate chips, or chocolate orange. Fold ingredients together.
- Pour into 9 x 13 pan and spread batter to edges.
- Bake for 26 - 34 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Don't overbake brownies. They will set more as they cool.
- If using Lindt chocolate bars, place on top of brownies the last 3-4 minutes of baking time.
- Let cool and set up for at least 20 minutes.
- Cut into squares.