Brownies

Makes 16 brownies

Ingredients:

🍫  5 ounces (140 g)  semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

🧈  ½ cups (113 g) butter, cut into pieces

🍫  2 tbsp (15 g) unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup (200 g) granulated white sugar

1 tsp (4 g) pure vanilla extract

🥚  3 large eggs, at room temperature

¾ cups (95 g) all-purpose flour

🧂  1/4 tsp salt

🍫  ¾ cups (125 g) semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and place the rack in the center of the oven. Butter (or spray with a nonstick cooking spray) an 20 cm square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.

Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar . Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if using).

Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well.