Easy Homemade Brownie Recipe | Inherited Recipes

My grandma’s easy homemade brownie recipe is easy to make, resulting in delicious, moist, better-than-a-box brownies every time, or as she wrote, “perfect 10 inch Brownies.” Brownies are some of my favorite desserts. I love the dense, rich, chocolate flavor, and my grandma’s easy homemade brownie recipe is just simply the best. The chocolate flavor is so rich, and I love the added chocolate chips for that little crunch. Making brownies from scratch may seem daunting, but her recipe is so easy to follow along with, and will result in gooey-rich-chocolatey brownies every time!

Ingredients for this recipe:

Making Easy Homemade Brownies

1. Prepare an 8×8 pan with parchment paper, or grease well with cooking spray/butter
2. In a large bowl, add the eggs and cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, espresso powder, and vanilla and beat well until combined and smooth.
3. Melt the butter, and add to a separate bowl, then add the sugar and mix to combine well.
4. Add the butter-sugar mix to the cocoa powder mix, and stir well!
5. Add the flour and chocolate chips, and stir until fully combined.
6. Pour batter into the pan, and smooth if needed.
7. Bake for 30-35 minutes, you can test for doneness with a toothpick. Moist crumbs are okay, but there shouldn’t be wet batter on the toothpick.
8. Top with a dusting of powdered sugar

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Easy Homemade Brownies

My grandma's easy homemade brownie recipe is easy to make, resulting in delicious, moist, better-than-a-box brownies every time!

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp instant espresso (optional)
• 1 Tbs vanilla extract
• ½ cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 cups sugar
• ¾ cups flour
• ¾ cups chocolate chips

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper or grease well with cooking spray
• In a large bowl, add the eggs and cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, espresso powder, and vanilla and beat well until combined and smooth.
• Melt the butter, and add to a sperate bowl, then add the sugar and mix to combine well.
• Add the butter sugar mix to the cocoa powder mix, and stir well!
• Add the flour and chocolate chips, and stir until fully combined.
• Pour batter into pan, and smooth if needed.
• Bkae for 30-35 minutes, you can test for doneness with a toothpick. Moist crumbs are okay, but there shouldn't be wet batter on the tooth pick.
• Top with a dusting of powdered sugar

Notes

The addition of espresso powder will give any coffee flavor, it will just enhance the chocolate flavor! 

If you are a nutty person and enjoy nuts in your brownies, you can add the nut of choice at the same time as the chocolate chips!

If you want to add an extra special treat, top the brownies with my chocolate frosting recipe!

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