Heath Bar Brownie Sundaes/caramel Sauce
Recipe
- Title:
- Heath Bar Brownie Sundaes/caramel Sauce
- Categories:
- Ice cream, Sauces
- Yield:
- 8 servings
Ingredients
ICE CREAM
- 1 qt Vanilla ice cream
- 1 c Heath bars; chopped
Ingredients
CARAMEL SAUCE
- 1 1/3 c Whipping cream
- 2 tb Unsalted butter; cut into
- 1 c Sugar
- - 4 pieces
- 3 tb Water
Ingredients
BROWNIES
- 1 c Unsalted butter; cut into
- 3/4 c All purpose flour
- - 1/2" pieces
- 1 ts Baking powder
- 8 oz Semisweet chocolate; chopped
- 1/4 ts Salt
- 2 oz Unsweetened chocolate; chop
- 1 c Heath bar; chopped
- 3 lg Egg
- - + 2 tb
- 1 c Sugar
- - about 6 1/2 ounces
- 2 ts Vanilla extract
Directions
- FOR ICE CREAM: Place ice cream in medium bowl and soften slightly at room temperature.
- Stir in chopped Heath bars.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and freeze.
- (Can be prepared 3 days ahead) FOR CARAMEL SAUCE: Bring whipping cream to simmer in heavy small saucepan.
- Set aside.
- Combine sugar and 3 tablespoons water in heavy medium saucepan.
- Stir over medlium heat until sugar dissolves.
- Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until caramel is deep amber color.
- brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush if sugar crystals form and occasionally swirling pan, about 8 minutes.
- Remove from heat and slowly add warm whipping cream (mixture will bubble vigorously).
- Return sauce to low heat and stir until smooth.
- Remove from heat and mix in butter.
- (Can be prepared 3 days ahead.
- Cover and refrigerate.)
- FOR BROWNIES: Preheat oven to 350~.
- Butter 9" square baking pan with 2" high sides.
- Combine butter and both chocolates in top of double boiler set over simmering water; stir until melted.
- Remove from over water and cool mixture slightly.
- Using electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
- Beat in chocolate mixture.
- Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix until combined.
- Stir in 1 cup chopped Heath bars.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan.
- Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons chopped candy.
- For fudgy consistency, bake until tester inserted into center comes out with moist batter still attached, about 27 minutes; for cakelike texture bake until tester inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 35 minutes.
- Cool.
- (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
- Cover and store at room temperature.)
- Rewarm sauce over low heat.
- Cut brownie into 9 pieces.
- Spoon warm caramel sauce onto 8 plates.
- Place 1 brownie in center of each (reserve extra brownie for another use).
- Surround each with 3 small scoops of ice cream.
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