Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: dark chocolate brownies
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Servings: 9 medium-sized brownies
Calories: 396kcal
This dark chocolate brownie recipe turns out so much better than anything you could ever get from a box, and they're incredibly easy to make. Adding melted chocolate chips to the batter gives them a shiny, crackly top.
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- 16 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 sticks
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoon bittersweet chocolate chips 60% cocoa or more
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoon unbleached flour sifted
- pinch salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9 x 9 inch baking pan with butter, dust with cocoa powder to coat and tap out the excess.
Melt butter and chocolate chips together in a pan over low heat, stirring frequently. Set aside to cool.
Cream eggs, sugar and vanilla together. Then add chocolate mixture and combine until well blended.
Measure the flour and salt and sift together into the chocolate mixture. Mix gently until combined and no bits of flour remain.
Pour batter into pan and spread evenly. Bake 30-33 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with only crumbs, not wet batter.
Remove from oven and allow to cool on a rack for one hour. Cut just before serving.
- You must use chocolate chips for this recipe! NOT baking chocolate. The fat/sugar content in chocolate chips forms some kind of magical chemistry when the brownies are baking, and this is what gives you that shine.
- Store these dark chocolate brownies in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 days. They can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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Calories: 396kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 127mg | Sodium: 42mg | Potassium: 103mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 735IU | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 0.5mg