| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 35 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 12 large or 24 regular brownies |
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus butter for greasing the baking pan (optional)
- Nonstick cooking spray (optional)
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch processed cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse salt
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter a 13-by-9-inch baking pan or spray it with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place the butter and chocolate in a medium-size saucepan over low heat and let melt together, stirring until smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder, sugar, and salt, then blend in the vanilla. Beat in the eggs one at a time, stirring to mix quickly so they don’t have a chance to cook at all before they are blended in. Blend in the flour.
- Scrape the thick batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake until the edges just begin to pull away from the sides of the pan and a wooden skewer or toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Let the brownies cool in the pan on a wire rack. When completely cool, cut them into 12 or 24 squares.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 449 |
| Total Fat | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Carbohydrates | 58 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 42 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 90 mg |
| Sodium | 102 mg |
Reviews
These brownies are the fudgiest and quite delicious! I followed the recipe exactly. It was easy to put together. I like the fact that they are assembled all in one saucepan, and I also like the fact that they are made with butter rather than oil. I did bake them about five minutes longer, for a total of 35 minutes. As recommended by the author, I refrained from cutting them until they had cooled. Her comments are quite amusing.
I have made these several times only adding 1/2t of expresso powder and using a 3oz dark candy bar(92%). Very good flavor and texture. Btw they freeze well. Have never made it past a month
Delicious and easy. I used really good chocolate but just had Hershey cocoa on hand and it was fine. This is so easy that if I had kids at home I would let them make it.
Great recipe, so much better than a boxed mix!
These sound wonderful except for “no nuts”! Is this the kind of batter that nuts will sink to bottom if I stir them in? Just wondered…but I’m going to try it anyway!!
These are seriously some of the best brownies I have ever made! Followed the recipe exactly. I have eaten and made lots of brownies in my time, and this recipe produces thick rich fudgy brownies. Was looking for a quick easy recipe on the fly with what I had in my pantry. I highly recommend. This is now my go to brownie recipe.
I swear by this recipe- it’s quick, easy, and since it’s all made in one pot the clean up is especially easy. They’re dense, chewy, and especially chocolately. Definitely need to let them cool completely before cutting which is probably the hardest part.
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