S’mores Brownies

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

2. In a food processor, pulse the graham crackers until you have a fine crumb.

3. Add the ½ cup of sugar and the salt and empty the crumbs into a bowl.

4. Melt 1 1/2 sticks butter in a pan and add to the bowl.

5. Stir the butter into the crackers to make a coarse damp crumb.

6. Take a 12×16″ sheet pan (a cookie pan with sides) and put a Silpat or sheet of parchment paper down on the bottom of the pan. (If using parchment, spray the top of the parchment and the sides of the pan with nonstick baking spray.)

7. Take the chopped chocolate and place it in a double boiler or a glass bowl placed over a saucepan of water.

8. Heat the water to a simmer and let the steam gently melt the chocolate. Frequently whisk the chocolate until it is smooth. Remove the chocolate from the heat and set aside to cool.

9. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, whip the remaining 2 sticks butter (softened), vanilla and remaining 3 cups sugar until it is light and fluffy.

10. Beat the eggs in one at a time, until they are completely mixed in.

11. Slowly beat in the cooled melted chocolate.

12. Sift the flour and cocoa powder and salt together.

13. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the batter, mixing in until it is just combined.

14. Pour the graham crackers crumbs onto the prepared sheet pan.

15. After evenly spreading it around with a spatula, hard pack the crumbs down with the bottom of a measuring cup.

16. Scoop the batter on top of the graham cracker crust in dollops all over the pan. (This makes it easier to spread without the batter taking the crust layer with it when you go to spread it out.)

17. Spread the batter out gently, spreading each dollop into the next and taking care not to disturb the crust.

18. Bake the brownies for about 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Do not overbake!

19. Pull the brownie pan out and turn the oven to broil.

20. Dump a whole bag of mini marshmallows onto the top of the brownies, evenly spreading them out.

21. Broil the brownies for about 3 minutes or until the marshmallows are puffy and toasty but not burned! (Be sure to turn on your fan when you take them out of the oven, they generate some smoke!)

22. When the brownies are finished, let them cool completely before cutting into them with a wet knife for the cleanest cut.