Perfect Brownies Recipe

By
Yvonne Ruperti
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Yvonne Ruperti
Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and cookbook author. She is also an adjust professor of baking at the Culinary Institute of America in Singapore.
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Updated April 09, 2019
Perfectly simple . Yvonne Ruperti

These brownies are not a mocha-macchiato-molten-center brownie, a death-by-triple-truffle brownie, or a cheesecake-chocolate-crack brownie. They're just a good 'ole basic brownie. No hoopla, nothing fancy, but soul satisfying good.

Recipe Details

Perfect Brownies Recipe

Active 10 mins
Total 0 mins
Serves 9 servings

Ingredients

  • Non-stick cooking spray (or butter) for greasing pan

  • 5 ounces 70% bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

  • 8 tablespoons (4 ounces) unsalted butter

  • 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces) all-purpose flour

  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

  • 1 cup (7 ounces) granulated sugar

  • 2 large eggs

  • 1 large yolk

  • 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon salt

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

  • 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

  1. Adjust oven rack to medium position and preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 8- by 8-inch baking pan with non-stick pan spray. In heatproof bowl over pan of barely simmering water, heat chocolate and butter until just melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

  2. Sift flour and cocoa into medium bowl; set aside. In large bowl, whisk sugar with eggs, yolk, salt, and vanilla until light, about 30 seconds. whisk in chocolate mixture. Using wooden spoon, stir in chocolate mixture until combined. Stir in flour mixture until combined.

  3. Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Evenly sprinkle walnuts over top. Bake until just set and toothpick inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs about 30 minutes. Let cool on wire rack about 45 minutes before cutting into squares.

Notes

A bittersweet chocolate of 70% cacao makes a super chocolaty brownie. If you can't find it, 60% will do.

Special Equipment

8- by 8-inch baking pan

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
279Calories
13gFat
36gCarbs
4gProtein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 9
Amount per serving
Calories279
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13g17%
Saturated Fat 8g38%
Cholesterol 89mg30%
Sodium 109mg5%
Total Carbohydrate 36g13%
Dietary Fiber 1g5%
Total Sugars 24g
Protein 4g
Vitamin C 0mg0%
Calcium 16mg1%
Iron 3mg14%
Potassium 53mg1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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