Chocolate Brownies

The best brownies are soft in the center and have a crust on top. This recipe
couldn’t be simpler – all you do is measure the ingredients into a bowl and give
it all a good mix!

Servings: 16 Brownies

Author: Bebs Lott

Prep Time:
10 minutes

Cook Time:
40 minutes

Total Time:
50 minutes

Course:

Dessert Snack

Cuisine:

American International

Keywords:

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🧂 Ingredients

¾ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup cocoa powder
115 grams butter

(room temperature)
200 grams dark chocolate

(chopped into small pieces)
3 large eggs
1 cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ tbsp vanilla extract
½ tsp salt

Instructions

1 Sift all-purpose flour and cocoa powder in a bowl and set aside.
2 Preheat oven to 180°C and grease a 5in x 8in baking pan with batter then line
with parchment paper. Let the parchment paper overlap the sides of the pan to
easily release brownies from pan. Set aside.
3 In a bowl, place dark chocolate and butter.
4 Bring 2-3 cups of water to a simmer in a saucepan. Set the bowl in the mouth of
the pot, making sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl.
Stir occasionally as it softens. When chocolate and butter completely melts,
remove bowl from heat. Set aside.
5 In a different bowl. Combine white sugar and brown sugar. Add egg one at a time
while stirring until all eggs are added. Continue stirring until sugar dissolves
and mixture in pale in color.
6 Tip in the melted chocolate and butter into the sugar and egg mixture. Gently
mix with a spatula until well incorporated.
7 Add the dry ingredients in three batches while mixing until there is no trace of
flour in the batter. Do not over-mix.
8 Pour the batter into your prepared baking pan and bake in the oven for 40 to 45
minutes. or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out slightly fudgy, but
not wet with batter. Do not overbake!
9 Remove from the oven an let cool down! Serve and Bon Appetit!