All-time Favorite Brownies Recipe

There's nothing like a comforting dessert to cap every meal and you will never go wrong with these fudgy brownies.  Just bake and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!  Both kids and kids-at-heart will drool over these brownies.  I have made thousands of these, not only to serve to friends and relatives but even to sell as well!  It was a great Christmas giveaway.  A friend who bought boxes to give to her friends for Christmas actually received a special note from the recipient thanking her for the best brownies ever.  My friend was kind enough to inform me afterwards.  No doubt, it made my day.  It was a great start to celebrating the Christmas holidays.  I hope you experience the same with this recipe.  Enjoy!

FUDGY BROWNIES RECIPE



Ingredients:

8 tbspn unsalted butter (1 stick)
1 cup All purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn salt
8 ounces chocolate (semisweet or bittersweet) (around 227 grams)
1 cup (brown) Sugar
3 eggs
1 tbspn espresso powder (Nescafe instant coffee powder)

Optional Add-ons:
Walnuts and Chocolate Chips or Chocolate Squares (1/2 - 1 cup)

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F or 180 C. Grease line and grease 11" x 9" baking pan.
2. Whisk dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and espresso powder. Set aside.
   
3. In another bowl, melt butter and chocolate until smooth. Add sugar. Add eggs one at a time.
4. Add flour mixture and mix until flour is no longer visible. Do not over mix. Add the flour in batches. Do not add everything in one pour.
5. Fold in toppings (coarsely chopped walnuts and chocolate squares).
6. Transfer to baking pan and bake until tester inserted in the middle comes out with a few moist crumbs attached to it.
   
7. Take out of the oven, set aside and let cool for 10 minutes.  Remove from pan and let cool completely before cutting into serving sizes.    

It is important to monitor your brownies while baking.  Depending on the oven that you're using, the timing will differ.  Take your brownies out when a crust has formed on top but the middle portion is still soft and moist.  It might take you several tries to perfect this but I assure you it's worth it.