Brownies

Published on dessert , prep-ahead

Ingredients

  • 110 g butter melted and cooled
  • 200 g sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 25 g all-purpose flour
  • 60 g cocoa powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla sidect optional

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter, then allow it to cool so that it is no longer hot, but is still liquid. I usually melt the butter first, then place it in the freezer while I'm working on everything else.
  2. Preheat oven to 160 °C. Line a 20 x 20 cm pan with parchment paper so that the paper is coming up over the sides.
  3. Add the eggs and sugar to a big bowl and beat until the mixture is light yellow and thick, about 5–7 minutes.
  4. Mix in the vanilla until just combined.
  5. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the dried ingredients: the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder.
  6. Slowly mix the dried flour mixture into the egg mixture until just combined.
  7. Then, still on low speed, slowly pour in cooled butter until just combined.
  8. Spread evenly in prepared baking pan.
  9. Bake for 30–32 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of pan comes out with just a few crumbs. Do not over bake.
  10. Allow to cool in pan for 2 minutes, then use parchment paper to lift brownies out of pan and let cool on rack.

Adapted from this original recipe