Be Mine Chocolate Pots

Makes 8 brownies

Ingredients:

8 ounces semisweet chocolate,

chopped

¾ cup butter, sliced

3 large eggs

½ cup granulated sugar

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2⁄3 cup all-purpose flour

Confectioners’ sugar

Method:

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease eight 6-ounce ramekins and place on a baking pan. In a double boiler, combine chocolate and butter and stir over simmering water until melted. Remove from heat and let cool 5 minutes.

2 In a bowl, whisk eggs, granulated sugar, salt, and vanilla with an electric mixer until frothy, about 2 minutes. Lightly whisk in the chocolate mixture. Fold in flour until combined. Divide mixture among prepared ramekins. Place ramekins on baking sheet in the oven and bake 18 to 22 minutes, or until sides are firm and center is slightly soft. Let cool completely.

3 Place a small heart-shaped stencil or paper with a heart cutout on top of each ramekin. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar; carefully remove stencil.

Nutrition per brownie: 407 calories; 5g protein; 28g fat (16g saturated fat); 40g carbohydrate; 2g fiber; 27mg calcium; 2mg iron; 328mg sodium.

kitchen tip:

Before decorating, place the confectioners’ sugar in a fine-meshed strainer or flour sifter, then gently tap on the side of the strainer. And be sure to decorate right before serving; otherwise, the moisture from the brownie can make the sugar melt and disappear.

Be Mine Chocolate Pots