Orange Blossom Brownies Recipes

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in cocoa until smooth. In a large bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Without stirring, add the sugar, flour, pecans, orange juice concentrate, zest and salt. Pour cocoa mixture over the top; mix well. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking pan., Bake at 350° for 28-32 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. , For frosting, combine confectioners' sugar, butter and orange juice concentrate. Spread over the brownies. Cut into bars; garnish with orange zest if desired.

Steps:

• Melt the butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, the upper pan should not touch the water.
• Preheat oven to 325*F. Brush a 9 X 13 inch pan with melted butter and dust lightly with flour or spray generously with cooking spray.
• Stir the flour, baking powder and salt together. In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs, sugar and orange zest until well blended. Add the orange and vanilla extracts to the melted butter ahd chocolate and stir into the egg mixture. Add the dry ingredients, mixing well. Spread the batter into prepared pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes until mixture is set, but not dry. Cool about 10 minutes.
• Sift the sugar, flour and baking powder for the orange layer together in a large bowl. Whisk in the orange zest, orange and lemon juices, the orange flower water if using, and the orange extract. Whisk in the eggs, stirring until smooth. Pour over the pre-baked bottom and bake another 40 to 50 minutes, until the filling puffs up. The top should be light golden brown and the filling set. Cool completely. Refrigerate until cold before cutting. You will need to wipe the knife between cuts, as necessary -- to serve dust with confectioner's sugar if desire.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with parchment paper or grease with butter or shortening.
• Place 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips in a large saucepan. Add bittersweet chips and butter and melt over low heat.
• Remove from the heat. Whisk in eggs until thoroughly combined and the chocolate is smooth. Stir in sugar, orange blossom water, orange zest, and vanilla paste. Stir in flour, baking soda, and kosher salt until just combined. Fold in cranberries and remaining 1/4 cup semisweet chips.
• Pour and spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Sprinkle tops with sea salt immediately. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 9 squares, wiping the knife clean after each cut.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 24 x 20cm brownie tin with baking parchment. Put the butter, dark chocolate and orange zest in a non-stick saucepan and very gently melt over a low heat, stirring every now and then, until smooth - take care not to overheat it. Cool.
• Whisk the eggs and sugar together with an electric whisk until the mixture is pale, has doubled in volume and leaves a trail when the beaters are lifted. Gently stir into the cooled chocolate mixture. Sift over the flour and cocoa, stir in, then add the orange chocolate.
• Pour into the lined tin and bake for 35-40 mins. Cool in the tin, then cut into squares.