About
Don't tell Mom... but we've found a treat so fudgy and so rich that we just had to share! Better-Than-Mom's Brownies are so decadent, you just have to let the secret out of the dish (see what we did there?)! Simply made with good-quality chocolate and vanilla extract, these chewy, melt-in-your-mouth brownies will disappear before she even knows it. Don't be sneaky, let everyone know how awesomely delicious these Better-Than-Mom's Brownies are! In one bite, we're sure she'll understand! Sorry, Mom!
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup unsalted butter, preferably high-fat European or European-style, plus more, to taste, for greasing the baking dish
- cocoa powder, to taste, for dusting the baking dish
- 5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, such as Ghirardelli® 100% cacao unsweetened chocolate bar, broken into pieces
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, preferably good-quality
- 4 eggs, preferably organic
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- chocolate chips, to taste, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2 -Use the extra butter to grease a 9x9-inch baking dish, then line it with parchment paper. Use more of the extra butter to grease the parchment paper, then lightly dust it with the cocoa powder.
Step 3 -In a small saucepan over low heat, add the remaining 2/3 cup of butter and the unsweetened chocolate pieces and melt, stirring constantly, until it is smooth and glossy.
Step 4 -Place the saucepan on a wire rack. Add the vanilla extract to the melted chocolate mixture and stir to combine.
Step 5 -In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the eggs and the salt together.
Step 6 -Add the sugar to the egg mixture and beat on high speed until the mixture has turned very white in color, about 10 minutes.
Step 7 -Reduce the stand mixer to low speed. Add the melted chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and beat until it is just combined.
Step 8 -Slowly add the flour to the batter mixture and stir until it is just combined.
Step 9 -Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and place in on the middle rack of the oven.
Step 10 -Immediately reduce the heat to 350 degrees F and bake the brownies until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out not quite clean, about 40 minutes.
Step 11 -Place the baking dish on a wire rack and let the brownies cool, about 1 hour.
Step 12 -Invert the pan onto a flat surface, then pull out and discard the parchment paper.
Step 13 -Flip the brownies over and cut them into bars.
Step 14 -Serve the brownies, sprinkled with the chocolate chips.
