Description
Easy Fudgy Chocolate Brownies from scratch - bite into the crispy top and the gooey inside just melts in your mouth. Click to find this super easy recipe!
Ingredients
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- 2/3 cups butter, 150 grams*
- 10 1/2 ounces semisweet dark chocolate, 300 grams
- 3 large eggs
- 1 7/8 cup sugar, 375 grams
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional**
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, 130 grams
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 35 grams, optional***
Instructions
- Prepare a baking pan of 8×12 inch (20×30 cm) with parchment paper. Pre-heat oven to 350℉ (175℃).
- Melt butter, remove from the heat and let it cool slightly before adding in the chocolate. Let the chocolate melt.
- Whip eggs and sugar with a metal whisk. Until they’ve got air bubbles, about 2 minutes.
- Mix the chocolate butter and vanilla extract into the egg mixture.
- Sift flour, unsweetened cocoa powder and salt into this mixture. Fold together. Be careful not to ruin the air bubbles, but making sure all the flour is incorporated.
- Pour the brownie batter into the prepared pan. Bake on the middle rack for around 25-35 minutes. In my oven, 34 was good. But I suggest checking after 25 minutes. You can try to wiggle the pan and see if the middle of the cake is very shaky. A toothpick inserted in the middle should have a few moist crumbs on it.
- Cool completely on a wire rack, or it will be just one gooey mess. But a tasty mess nonetheless. Serve with salted caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream!
Notes
* I always recommend using a kitchen scale when baking, for better accuracy and foolproof results each time.
** If you want to substitute vanilla extract with vanilla bean sugar, add it to the batter when adding flour.
*** If you leave it out, add the same amount extra flour instead.
Other pan sizes: You can use an 8x8 inch pan too, but it will be thicker and needs more time to bake. Try somewhere between 35-40. 6-inch is great for 1/3 of the batter, bake for around 25-30 minutes.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Inactive Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square
- Calories: 255
- Sodium: 92
- Fat: 13.3
- Saturated Fat: 8.5
- Carbohydrates: 35.6
- Fiber: 1.8
- Protein: 3.2
- Cholesterol: 49