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YUM.

Hmmm, is it hard to make your own Mascarpone?

It's actually a rather simple process, you can read about it in this post.

Although for this recipe, we bought an 8oz tub of mascarpone for under $4 and only used half of it. The other half might be able to be used in a nice grilled pizza perhaps?

Sounds delicious - will have to try them out the next time I have people to share with!

Also, that last photo is precious. I wish mine would draw me fun pictures when not looking!

perfect. i have some leftover mascarpone in my fridge so i think i'll make these tonight.

Can these be frozen?

hareyakara - Ganache can be frozen for up to 3 months... assuming you have the will power to do so, brownies alone will freeze on their own for up to 6 if packaged correctly.

Oh, lordy... I might need to go buy mascarpone.

That octopus is so happy!

Ooh! Another recipe where I can use up my Valrhona cocoa powder. I knew a pound wasn't too much!

Man, those brownies look fudgy! I make my brownies in a saucepan (the same one used to melt the chocolate) but I have nothing against bowls.

These brownies must be about 10,000 calories each. I think I love them on a purely conceptual level. I know what I'll be dreaming about tonight!

I realize this is totally off-topic, but what font did you use to annotate the "cross-section of a brownie" photo?

The font is Studio Lettering in (Sable), from House Industries. I have a habit of using it often!

From the post title I was expecting to see some fancy trick for making one bowl brownies with a ganache topping but turns out you need a second bowl (or the same one cleaned) for the ganache.

Man that looks absolutely flippin' delish!

ogirl - If the bowl is scraped out with a spatula, you only need the one! The batter is ridiculously light and airy before baking and a few swipes around the bowl clean it up right quick! I don't ever clean it between uses!

I've been trying to cut down on sugar and use agave nectar instead. Does anyone know if it can be used in baking as a substitute for sugar, and if so do you use the same measurements?

Oh, my goodness. I've been seriously craving some chocolate lately, and these look like just the thing! I absolutely love mascarpone, and have never tried it like this before. I bet it would knock my socks off if I substituted half the butter for olive oil in the brownie part of the recipe, hmmm. (If you've never tried good olive oil and chocolate together, you're missing out.)

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I just made these. They worked out well. Dense but not overly thick. Nicely balanced sweetness. Could make without the ganache but would add extra sugar to the batter then.

Though, it's kind of hard to just use one bowl. You make the batter...then you make the ganache. I used two bowls. Otherwise, you could wash the bowl while baking the base...then make the ganache, but that seems to defeat the whole "one bowl" thing.

these were a hit! they didn't quite get cooled all the way, though, before we just HAD to dig into them. very rich and decadent, and the chocolate really shone through. the microwave made it feel a little less swanky--like i couldn't really say that i made 'ganache'--but hey... the end result was so delish that no one knew my secret.

SO good. I ate so many. I took them around to my coworkers and now, several days later, am still getting asked if i have any more of those delicious brownies...

I made these this past weekend. They were fantastic, but to me, there was one glaring omission: espresso in the ganache. I added instant espresso powder while preparing the ganache and it made for what I think is a much richer and deeper flavor for the brownie. They're delicious - very moist and dense, though I will say I didn't taste much of the mascarpone.

gabrielle - That would be a wonderful addition to them! The Mascarpone doesn't give much in the way of flavor, you're right, but it gives it that dense, yet airy texture that's difficult to achieve otherwise!

i JUST made these and i felt compelled to attest to the awesomeness of these brownies!
might try the espresso idea next time... and there WILL be a next time :D

These are incredible. I couldn't resist eating a whole row of brownies before they cooled. What an amazingly different texture for a brownie. The ganache is cooling over the brownies (-1 row! HA!) and I can NOT wait to dig in. Great find!

these are great, but they're more flourless chocolate torte than brownie, per se.

I made these for the first time a couple months ago. Absolutely amazing. My husband and his geeky friends inhaled them while playing a couple board games.