Condensed milk and browned butter brownies

Summary by Krater

This video covers a recipe and technique for making chewy brownies with a glossy, papery top and a milky, marshmallowy flavor using sweetened condensed milk. It concludes with baking instructions, testing doneness with a skewer, and the advice that resting the brownies makes them chewier and the top more candylike.

From the video

Answers: How do you make chewy brownies with a shiny papery top?

• chewy brownies
• sweetened condensed milk brownies
• brownie baking science
• paper-skin brownie top

Ingredients

• 1 stick / 1/2 cup / 113 g butter
• 1/2 cup / 50 g cocoa powder
• 14 oz / about 400 g sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup / 120 g powdered sugar
• couple of teaspoons vanilla
• pinch salt
• a little glug molasses
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 cup / 160 g all-purpose flour
• 1 cup at most chocolate chips

What it concludes

• Boiling the butter and water allows you to brown the milk solids.
• Using sweetened condensed milk makes the brownies very moist and chewy.
• Using powdered sugar is necessary to get a papery skin on this recipe.
• Resting the brownies for at least an hour lets them cool and set properly.
• The more brownies sit around after being baked, the more candylike the top gets.