The Best Fudgy Brownies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup melted butter or 1 stick
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup sugar 
•  2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt leave out if using salted butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease an 8x8 square pan or line with butter paper or foil and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl combine melted butter and cocoa and sugar stir until fully dissolved.
3. Add eggs one at a time then vanilla and stir until well combined.
4. Stir in flour and salt until the flour is fully combine. Be careful not to overmix mix.
5. (optional) fold in 1 cup of nuts, raisins, chocolate chips or anything you desire. Walnuts work very well.
6. Spread in the pan and bake for approximately 20-22 minutes or until the center is slightly set. Be careful not to over-bake!
7. Cool completely then cut into 9 large squares or 16 small squares (I cut mine into 9)

Tips

For speeding up: Another method is to melt the butter first and keep adding all ingredients one by one in a food processor. Use a spatula to mix the flour and cocoa. (instead of mixing the cocoa first)  

For extra gooey brownies: Add 1 tablespoon oil of choice to the batter along with the butter.

Doubling the recipe: This recipe also doubles really well in a 9x13 pan, add 5-7 minutes baking time.

The sweetness: The recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar; feel free to use between 3/4 cup - 1 1/4 cup depending on your personal preference! 

Don't over-bake. Be sure to bake these brownies for no more than 20-25 minutes. Overbaking the brownies will make them dry and cakey.

The serving size: you can cut the brownies into 16 small brownies and the serving size is per brownie. To cut into larger brownies, cut into 9 large pieces.