Description
This recipe focuses on high fat and low flour content to produce intensely fudgy, dense brownies, avoiding the common cakey texture.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, natural or Dutch-process
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate (70% cacao), chopped
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional, for texture)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 9×9 inch metal baking pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides for easy removal. Lightly grease the paper.
- In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Remove from heat. Whisk in both sugars until fully combined.
- Add the eggs one at a time, whisking well after each addition until the mixture is smooth and glossy. Stir in the vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder and salt. Add this dry mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Gently fold in the chopped bittersweet chocolate and the optional chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 28 to 32 minutes. The edges should look set, and a toothpick inserted near the center should come out with moist, fudgy crumbs attached, not wet batter or completely clean.
- Let the brownies cool completely in the pan on a wire rack before lifting them out using the parchment overhang. Cut into squares.
Notes
- Using melted chocolate, rather than just cocoa powder, increases the fat content, which is key for fudginess.
- Do not substitute baking powder or baking soda; these leaveners create cakey texture.
- Cooling the brownies completely before cutting prevents them from crumbling and deepens the fudgy texture.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 30
- Sodium: 120
- Fat: 16
- Saturated Fat: 10
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 34
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 75