This is my favorite homemade brownie recipe! I’ve been making these for over 20 years, and they are always a huge hit wherever we take them! They use simple pantry ingredients, and you mix them up in one bowl, so easy 🙂
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- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup baking cocoa
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped nuts optional
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. See notes, in my old oven, I baked at 350, and in my new oven, I bake at 325 degrees!
- Melt the butter in a 2 qt. saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat, add the cocoa and stir until well-blended. Add the sugar and mix well. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the flour, vanilla and salt; stir just until combined. Stir in chips and nuts (optional).
- Spread the batter in a greased 9x13" pan; bake for 30 minutes or until done.
Stacy's Notes: I've been making these for over 20 years. In our old house, and in our old oven, I baked these at 350 degrees. When we moved and I got a newer oven, the first time I baked these at 350, they were overbaked and dry, so in my new oven, I now bake these at 325 degrees.
I mix the whole thing with a wooden spoon. I use a big enough saucepan to melt the butter, and that way, I just add all the ingredients and mess up one bowl. Pour into the sprayed or greased 9x13 pan (I use a dark metal pan, and have never tried in a glass or other pan). The original recipe has a bake time of 30-40 minutes but mine are always perfect at 30 minutes.
Enjoy!