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Blissful Brownies

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By Amy Sherman
They just might be the best brownies ever made, with each chewy bite chock-full of chocolate chunks. Crafted in small batches from top-quality ingredients and free of preservatives, the elegantly packaged monsters are rich and dense, but pop them in the microwave and they become meltingly tender and luscious, as if they’d just came out of the oven. Ambler FitzSimons, the forced behind Blissful, chucked a promising law career for the love of these sweet chocolate squares—so you know she’s serious—and she continues to tinker with her base recipe to come up with even more extravagant creations. Brownies striped with a layer of peanut butter are a favorite, as are the sophisticated ones made with fresh raspberries right in the batter. (You’ll love them with port.) FitzSimons admits to a love of all things buttery, and her brown-sugar brownies have a true butterscotch flavor. But the award for most-over-the-top must go to her German chocolate brownies, with a crumbly glaze of coconut, pecans, brown sugar, and cream. That FitzSimons makes great brownies is not in question. That she will ever make judge is definitely in doubt.

Brownie Basics

To serve warm, microwave for 10–20 seconds

Store chocolate brownies in the refrigerator for up to two months (brown-sugar brownies—aka “blondies”—for up to one month)

Store in the freezer for up to six months

Create a brownie sundae by topping warm brownies with ice cream and fudge sauce

Brownie crumbs make a great topping for chocolate or vanilla pudding


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