Have you ever wanted to make from scratch brownies? These fudgy, gooey brownies are so easy to homemade brownie calories, you’ll never make brownies from a box again!
Now, before you tell me that the box brownies are so much faster and tastes amazing, you’re right. I love a good brownie mix. But THIS homemade brownie recipe makes the most gooey, chocolate brownies that I’m fairly confident will become your favorite! They might just look like plain brownies in the pics, but they are SO GOOD! Brownies from scratch are NOT that much more time-consuming to make either.
You also only end up with a saucepan and one mixing bowl for dishes. You know how everyone has that one chore they just loathe? It’s dishes for me, which is sort of bad considering my job, but I power through. TIPS FOR HOMEMADE BROWNIES When buying your cocoa powder, be sure to buy unsweetened cocoa powder. You can often find dark cocoa powder as well, which I’m sure would be delicious too. This makes it a lot easier to cut out your brownie squares.
If you’ve ever bought the little pop-up parchment paper sheets from the grocery store, you know how life-changing they are! Be sure to fully cool your brownies before cutting them into squares! MAKE YOUR HOMEMADE BROWNIES EVEN MORE AMAZING Let’s talk about chocolate chips. I always like to enhance chocolate desserts with extra chocolate chips. For these brownies, I use mini chocolate chips, but you can certainly use any kind you prefer! Add in candy bars between layers of the brownie batter for an even more decadent dessert. Frost the top of your brownies with a chocolate frosting or glaze once they’ve cooled.
They’re so gooey and full of chocolate flavor! I cut these homemade brownies into about 24 squares which I think was perfect. You could certainly make more servings by cutting smaller squares or go big with bakery-style larger brownies. I highly encourage you make this brownie recipe from scratch now, you can control your ingredients more, and you’ll find they’re just as delicious as box mix brownies. Gooey chocolate brownies made from scratch!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Add sugar and stir until just combined. Remove from heat and pour into heat-proof mixing bowl. Stir in eggs, one at a time.
Add vanilla and stir until combined. Stir in cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and flour until combined. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Let us know how it was! You’ll love making these homemade chocolate brownies from scratch! Pizzazzerie is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associate Programs and other affiliate services.
Courtney’s Latest book Get Your Copy! Oh my gosh, these are AMAZING! Thanks for sharing the easy and delicious recipe! We served them warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! It quickly disappeared in my house!
These look delicious and like they wouldn’t last long in my house! Thanks for the tip about buying unsweetened cocoa powder! I always have an issue with my brownies being a tad too sweet and that fix made them just right. Brownies are hands down my favorite dessert and these look incredible! I added chopped walnuts and used milk chocolate chips and these were the BEST homemade brownies! Looked just like the pics you posted, too!