Raspberry Brownies

I've been fiddling with this recipe for the last month. The first time I screwed up and used too much butter, so I had raspberry brownie cake (delicious!) and the second time I used a substandard Jam. Much to the detriment of the recipe...but this time. This time I'm on to something!

Raspberry Brownies

1 cup(s) all-purpose flour
3/4 cup(s) unsweetened cocoa + 1 more spoonful if you're a choco-holic like me.
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup, aka 2 sticks, butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup(s) sugar
4 large eggs
3/4 cup raspberry jam
2 teaspoons vanilla

Now this is important, you must be using GOOD Jam (or preserves). I used a nice thick home-canned style of raspberry preservers. Do NOT use smuckers. Bad things will happen. Mostly the jam doesn't spread the way it's supposed to and you get weird lumps of jam in the middle of your brownie. Which will somehow be much sweeter than it should be also...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13x9 baking pan.

2. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

3. In a large sauce pan (no really, like 3+ quart large...cause you're gonna have all kind of goodies in it by the end of this) melt the butter over medium-low heat. You want it melted, not burned or scorched.

4. Remove the pan from heat, and with a wisk stir in the sugar. Add the eggs 1 at a time (or if you're like me...2 at a time), you want these beaten in well.

5. Stir in the jam and vanilla, once again whisking until it's all well blended.

6. Now add in all those dry ingredients you set aside earlier (you know, the flour and salt and cocoa and all that). You can use a spoon or wisk, you want to stir until it's all just blended (not sure what that means really...I just stirred til I ran out of white stuff showing up in my pan).

7. Drop it all in your greased pan and pop it in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick/fork/knife comes out almost clean. Cool it in the pan and wait at least 20 minutes before sampling.

Trust me, it matters! Mine were rather cake like at first, but once I let them set...omg, sooo delicious. I ate half the pan all on my own. I may need to make another batch in fact...

I got this recipe from Delish.com
http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/raspberry-brownies-1188?click=recipe_sr