Brownies in a box are awesome, and oh-so-cheap and convenient. So why make them from scratch? Because they are even better! I have a wonderful recipe for Dark Chocolate Brownies that turn out fudgy and chewy with a little rise for a cakey texture; it’s the perfect brownie for everyone’s tastes, including mine. I made this recipe a couple times before, and have had many compliments from my trusty taste-testers (my office co-workers). This recipe is surprisingly easy, so in my 2 free-hours of the evening, I spent it doing something fun.
I began by melting 2 sticks of butter and 2 cups of sugar on the stove top. This will melt the sugar and create a flaky crust on the top of the baked brownies. While the mixture heats on the stove, I mixed 4 eggs, 1 ¼ cups cocoa, vanilla, baking powder, salt, and espresso powder (to add to the depth of the cocoa) in my mixer.
Now is time to add the butter/sugar mixture to the cocoa mix. The batter is smooth and shiny at this point. Next, I added 1 ½ cups of flour, a bag of chocolate chips, and 1 ½ cups chopped walnuts (brain food – a girl’s gotta try to add something redeeming to this recipe!).
The batter is super thick and chunky with nuts and chocolate chips, so it was difficult to spread evenly in the pan. After a quick 30 minutes in the oven, and they are perfectly done, soft in the middle and crispy on the edges. Now the real test: can I take a picture of the finished product, and not try one? Nope, but now I can serve my goodies with confidence!
The brownies turned out perfectly - notice the flaky crust on top, the moist-almost-gooey center and the melted chocolate chips. Oh-so delicious!
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