Mexican Chocolate Brownies With Cinnamon

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into chunks
• 6 1/2 ounces mexican chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• sweetened whipped cream (optional)
• cinnamon stick (optional)

Recipe

• 1 spread nuts in a small baking pan.
• 2 bake in a 350° oven until the pine nuts are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes; shaking often.
• 3 pour nuts from pan and set aside.
• 4 in a 3-quart pan, combine brown sugar, butter, mexican chocolate, and unsweetened chocolate.
• 5 stir often over low heat until chocolates are melted and smooth.
• 6 remove from heat and beat in eggs, vanilla and cinnamon until well blended.
• 7 mix in flour and pine nuts.
• 8 pour into lightly oiled 9-inch square pan.
• 9 bake in a 350° oven until brownie springs back in center when gently pressed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• 10 let cool on a rack.
• 11 cut into squares or triangles; top with whipped cream to taste and a garnish of cinnamon sticks.