Salted Fudge Brownies

Makes 8 brownies

? stick unsalted butter

4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/8 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 cup sugar

1egg

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

? cup flour

? teaspoon coarse sea salt, plus more for sprinkling

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8 x 8-inch square pan. Set aside.

Fill a small saucepan about 2 inches high with tap water. Cover with a heat-proof bowl to create a double-boiler. Turn heat up to high and melt butter and chocolate chips in bowl, whisking frequently. Carefully remove bowl from pot and turn off heat.

Transfer melted chocolate and butter into a mixing bowl and whisk in cocoa, sugar, egg, vanilla, flour and sea salt. Add about ? cup water and whisk until mixture is very smooth.

Pour into prepared pan and bake 18-20 minutes or until top is shiny and few crumbs cling to an inserted toothpick.

Cool until the brownies are warm or room temperature. Cut into 8 squares and top each square with a few sea salt crystals.

You can reach Staff Writer Diane Peterson at 521-5287 or diane.peterson@pressdemocrat.com