The secret to this recipe is tons of butter, sugar, and chocolate with just enough flour and eggs to hold the whole thing together. Oh yeah, and salt. Don't forget the salt. This recipe is to die for!
Melt butter.
Whisk together eggs, sugar, and vanilla.
Sift together cocoa powder, flour, and salt.
Chop dark chocolate into tiny pea size pieces.
Mix 1/3 of the butter into the sugar mixture until thoroughly combined.
Stir 1/3 of the flour mixture into the sugar mixture until well mixed.
Continue alternating until everything this completely combined.
Fold in the chopped chocolate bits.
Pour batter into a 8 x 8 inch buttered pan with 2 inch sides.
Bake for 30 minutes at 300F. (See Notes)
Rotated the dish and bake for another 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool completely and cut.
To serve: warm each piece in the microwave for 15 seconds. Optional: Serve with ice cream, chocolate sauce, and whipped cream.
If you are using a 9x13 pan, bake the brownies for 45 min, rotate, and bake for another 35 min.
This is a very forgiving recipe. These are very moist fudge-y brownies and very difficult to overbake. One time I forgot the 2nd 45 min baking time and took them out of the oven only 1/2 baked (total of 45 min). And they were STILL amazing!!! They were cooked through, but extremely fudge-y. Lol For the record, I don't recommend that.