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White Chocolate, Apricot, and Pistachio Brownies

• From: Munchin with Munchkin

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp salt

• 12 oz white chocolate chips

• 1 cup salted butter, cut into small pieces

• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, tightly packed

• 5 eggs, room temperature

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tsp almond extract

• 1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped

• 1/2 cup pistachios, chopped

"Yum!" says it all.

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Butter and flour the bottom and sides of a 9×13-inch glass dish. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour and salt. Set aside.
• Place chocolate chips and butter in a large bowl and set it over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring occasionally.
• Once the chocolate and butter are melted and fully combined, turn off heat. With the bowl still on top of the saucepan, stir in sugars. Once combined, remove from heat.
• Whisk three eggs into chocolate mixture. Add remaining eggs and vanilla and almond extracts and continue to whisk until combined.
• Using a rubber spatula, combine flour mixture and fold until flour is fully mixed in. Add pistachios and apricots and stir lightly just to combine.
• Pour batter into prepared 9×13 baking dish. Bake on the center rack of the oven for 20 minutes. Rotate dish and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
• Let cool completely before cutting.