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                    Adding instant coffee to the batter intensifies these brownies' chocolate flavor. Beating the sugar and eggs together gives the baked brownies a crackly surface. Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                1 cup sugar  |  
                                                2 large eggs  |  
                                                1 tablespoon hot water  |  
                                                2 teaspoons instant coffee granules  |  
                                                1/4 cup butter, melted  |  
                                                1 teaspoon vanilla extract  |  
                                                1 cup all-purpose flour  |  
                                                2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa  |  
                                                1/4 teaspoon salt  |  
                                                cooking spray  |  
                                                1 tablespoon powdered sugar (optional)  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. Preheat oven to 325°. 2. Place sugar and eggs in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until thick and pale (about 5 minutes). Combine hot water and coffee granules, stirring until coffee granules dissolve. Add coffee mixture, butter, and vanilla extract to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until combined. 3. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, and salt, stirring with a whisk. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture, stirring just until moist (batter will be thick). 4. Spread batter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 23 minutes or until brownies spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Garnish brownies with powdered sugar, if desired.                              | 
                         
                         
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