Fudgy Brownies

Ingredients for perfect fudgy brownie recipe:

1 tsp instant espresso powder (dissolved in 1 tbsp hot water)

1 tbsp hot water

2 whole eggs

⅔ cup cocoa powder

½ tsp salt

½ tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ cup unsalted butter

1 cup sugar (I use demerara but brown or regular works fine)

¾ cup all-purpose flour

200 g (a little under 8 oz) roughly chopped up chocolate *use something that you enjoy eating plain

½ cup chopped nuts (walnuts are great, so are peanuts, pecans or almonds)

Instructions for making extra thick and fudgy brownies:

To make homemade brownies, preheat the oven to 180 C or 350 F and line a 9x9 inch square tray and grease a 9x9 inch square tray with butter and/or line with parchment paper (parchment makes clean up very easy!)

In a bowl, beat together the eggs, espresso mixture baking powder, salt and vanilla extract.

Stir in the cocoa powder- the mixture should form a thick, sticky chocolate paste and set aside.

In another bowl, combine the butter and sugar, and microwave together for 30 second intervals until the butter melts completely and the two become homogenous (or close to it).

You can also melt these ingredients over a double boiler. Pour the butter mixture into the chocolate mixture and blend together until thick and smooth.

Then, mix in the flour, making sure that there are no air pockets in the batter.

Finally, fold in the chopped up chocolate and nuts until evenly distributed through out the batter.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few moist crumbs (make sure that you haven't pierced the chocolate as then it would come out wet!)

Cool slightly before serving, though these taste great cold as well.

Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPPzjdBtAb0

bon appetit