Black Forest Brownies

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 4 squaress semi-sweet baking chocolate , 1 ounce
• 0.75 cups butter
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs , beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup packed all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cups pecans
• 0.5 cups dried cherries
• 0.5 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with enough aluminum foil to hang over the edges. Spray the foil with cooking spray.

2. 2

   Melt baking chocolate and butter together in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each melting, for 1 to 3 minutes. Stir sugar into chocolate mixture until dissolved. Cool mixture slightly.

3. 3

   Mix eggs into into chocolate mixture until well mixed; stir in vanilla extract. Stir flour into chocolate mixture just until batter is moistened.

4. 4

   Process pecans and dried cherries in a food processor until chopped; fold into batter with chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared baking pan.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until brownies begin to pull away from the edges and are set in the middle, about 1 hour.