Easy Homemade Brownies Recipe (2024)

The ultimate brownie recipe, they’re everything you want in a brownie! Chocolatey, fudgey, gooey, soft, from the center to the brownie edge!

Are you ready to learn how to make brownies from scratch that taste better than a box? This recipe is it! You can easily make them into dairy free brownies and nut free using our preferred swaps as well.

They’re everything you want in a brownie – chocolatey, fudgey, gooey, soft, just pure perfection!

These brownies can be made into iced brownies with our Chocolate Ganache Recipe or even Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting! We sometimes will even toss Oreos into the batter. And yes, the mint Oreo cookies work well too!

Brownie ingredients

• Eggs – Take the eggs out of the refrigerator about 20 minutes before preparing.
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – We use Hershey’s brand cocoa powder.
• Salt – If you use Kosher salt, use one teaspoon instead of a 1/2 teaspoon of table salt.
• Baking Powder – Make sure you use baking powder, not baking soda.
• Coffee – Strong coffee enhances the flavor of the chocolate.
• Vanilla – Use a good quality vanilla extract.
• Oil – You can use vegetable oil, safflower oil, or even avocado oil.
• Sugar – We use granulated sugar in our brownie recipe.
• Flour – We use all-purpose flour. We have not tried gluten-free flour for this recipe.
• Chocolate Chips – You can use chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, or even a mix of chocolate chips and nuts. Oreo cookies even work well.

How to make brownies

Preheat the oven and grease a 9×13″ pan. Set the pan to the side while you prep the brownie batter.

In a bowl whisk the eggs and then add in the cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, coffee extract, vanilla, vegetable oil, and sugar and mix until combined.

Add the flour and 1 cup of chocolate chips, then mix until combined.

Pour the brownie batter into the prepared pan and top it with the remaining 1/2 cup of chocolate chips.

Bake for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with minimal crumbs.

Let the brownie cool before slicing. You can make the pieces as big or as small as you’d like. We slice it into 15 brownies.

How to cut brownies

We use a spatula because we can no longer wait and want the brownies now.

But, if you want to be precise we recommend lining the baking dish with parchment paper. Then, you can easily remove the brownie from the pan in one piece and place it onto a cutting board.

Then, you can use a warm chef’s knife and slice the brownie into even pieces, carefully wiping the knife after each slice.

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