🍪 Desserts & Baking

Ultimate Fudgy Brownies

Dense, fudgy brownies with a shiny crackly top — made with real chocolate and cocoa for double the flavor.

⏱ 40 min🍽 Serves 16👩‍🍳 Easy
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Stack of fudgy chocolate brownies

Fudgy, not cakey. Using both melted chocolate and cocoa powder, and whisking the eggs and sugar well, gives you that famous shiny, paper-thin crust.

The recipe

Ultimate Fudgy Brownies

Prep15 min
Cook25 min
Total40 min
Serves16
LevelEasy
Calories~230

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 175°C (350°F); line an 8-inch (20 cm) square pan.
  2. Melt chocolate and butter together.
  3. Whisk sugar, eggs and vanilla vigorously 1 minute until pale. Whisk in chocolate mixture.
  4. Fold in cocoa, flour and salt, then chocolate chips.
  5. Bake 22–25 minutes until the center is just set. Cool completely before cutting.

💡 Tips for success

  • Chill before slicing for perfectly clean squares.

Calories are an estimate per serving. Cuisine: American · Course: Desserts & Baking

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