Legend has it that Humphrey Bogart was making the war movie Sahara in 1943 when he ate these brownies. The movie was filmed in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California. Bogart was served these brownies at the Planter’s Hotel in Brawley, California. He liked them so much he asked and received the recipe. Bogart would have this recipe baked time and time again on his movie sets.

Brownie Ingredients

2/3 cup (150 g) -Butter
5 1/2 oz (150 g) -Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
1 1/4 cups (250 g) -Sugar
4 -Eggs
1 cup (130g) -All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp (2mL) -Baking Powder
1/4 tsp (1mL) -Salt
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Preheat oven to 300F (150C)
Melt butter over medium heat in saucepan.
You can mix the entire brownie mix in this saucepan.

Add the 5 1/2 oz (150g) of chocolate to the saucepan.

Turn to low heat and stir in choclolate

Once the chocolate chips have melted into the butter it will look like this.
Remove from heat and let cool for 6 minutes.

While the mixture is cooling take an 8×8 baking dish and line the bottom with parchment paper.

Add the sugar to the cooling mixture, stir.

Add the eggs and hand mix batter.

Be careful not to over mix.
Brownie Batter will be thick and glossy as shown below

Add the flour
Add the salt
Add the baking powder
Hand mix until just blended

OPTION
Add walnuts or pecans if desired
Add more chocolate chips (up to 5 oz) if a richer brownie is desired.
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Pour batter into 8×8 prepared baking pan.
Bake for 35 minutes
Remove and cool

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Brownie Icing
1/4 cup (60g) Butter
3 tbls (45 mL) Cocoa
1/4 cup (60 mL) milk
1 tsp (5 mL) Vanilla
1/2 pound (226 g) powdered sugar

Melt butter in sauce pan
Remove from heat
Add Cocoa and stir
Add Vanilla and stir
Add Milk and stir
Slowly add powdered sugar and stir.

Pour this icing on the brownies once they have been out of the oven for at least 15 minutes. To show your appreciation for this great brownie recipe please click on the advertiser’s links on this blog.
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Bogie Brownie Recipe