My Favorite Tried and True Homemade Brownies
Brownies are the ultimate chocolate treat. When you’re craving chocolate, there is nothing that solves your craving faster than a dense, fudgy brownie filled with chocolate chips!
Servings: 9 brownies
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons Butter 1 stick
- 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
- 2 Eggs room temperature
- 1 Egg Yolk room temperature
- 1 cup White Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 3/4 cup Flour
- 1 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips or your favorite kind!
- 1 cup Walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F / 180 C.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter.
- Add the cocoa powder to the saucepan and stir until completely incorporated.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and allow it to sit for several minutes.
- Add 2 eggs and the egg yolk to a bowl with 1 cup of white sugar. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed for 4-5 minutes, until the mixture is pale and thickened.
- Add the flour and salt to the egg mixture and fold with a spatula.
- Melt the dark chocolate chips in a new saucepan or in a bowl in the microwave.
- Add the melted dark chocolate chips and begin to fold them into the egg mixture.
- Add the melted butter and cocoa powder to the bowl. Fold until both the melted chocolate and butter are completely incorporated.
- Add in the chocolate chips and walnuts and fold one more time.
- Pour the batter into a greased 8x8 metal baking dish.
- Bake at 350 F / 180 C for 30 minutes.
- Let the brownies rest at room temperature for one hour.
- Enjoy!