Triple Chocolate Orange Brownies

Chocolate cravings were ignored for months together, before I finally succumbed to make an "evil" batch of triple chocolate goodness in the form of these brownies. It is fudgy and chewy and slightly "dark" in flavor - as in, it is not too sweet.

I adapted this recipe from a handwritten recipe that I noted from a magazine a long time ago.

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup unsalted butter
2. 2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
3. 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4. 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
5. 1/4 teaspoon salt
6. 1 egg, room temperature
7. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
8. 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
9. 1/2 cup buttermilk
10. 1 cup all-purpose flour
11. 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

For the glaze

• 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• the zest of 1 orange

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil lightly greased 
2. Melt together the butter and semisweet chocolate. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cocoa, sugar, coffee, and salt 
3. Whisk the egg and vanilla into the buttermilk. 
4. Add the melted chocolate concoction to the buttermilk mixture and whisk. 
5. Slowly add the flour until just mixed, and then stir in the chocolate chips.
6. Spread the batter into the pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
7. Once the brownies are cool, make the glaze. In 30 second increments in the microwave, melt together the semisweet chocolate and butter until smooth. Throw in orange zest and mix
8. Spread on top of the brownies and let it completely set and harden before cutting and serving