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Chocolate Ganache Brownies

WHO SAYS A brownie has to be a square?

Not the crew at Lauretta Jean’s Pie Bakery in Portland, Oregon (see “Portland’s Sweet Spot”). There, the brownies in the pastry case look more like muffins—squat, chewy little cylinders full of chocolate flavor, with rich chocolate ganache in the middle. I was inspired to make my own

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