Home Kitchen The Go-to Kitchen-made Chocolate Brownies

Wanting to make The Dependable Kitchen-made Chocolate Brownies? Look no further than these decadent frosted brownies. Simple ingredients and the dependable brownie to frosting ratio, plus sprinkles. What more could you ask for?

Meet the DEPENDABLE kitchen-made chocolate brownies. I call them “The Dependable” because, I’m especially picky about brownies. And if I’m being honest, I’m simply not a brownie fanatic. Brownies tend to be either overly sweet or too rich and it’s only not the dessert I crave. But if I do make kitchen-made brownies, this is my go-to recipe, along with the recipe from my cookbook. It’s simple, straightforward and yields ridiculously satisfying brownies.

This brownie was adapted from a recipe that a former coworker gave to me. Back when I worked in the ER, Jan (a pediatric nurse) would bring in the most strong frosted brownies from time to time. It felt like winning the lottery if I only so happened to be working the same night that she brought them in. And I loved how her brownies always had these little round sprinkles on top. Everyone and I mean everyone loved Jan’s Brownies and to this day, I still do and so does everyone at the table. In 2001 I truly had no clue what I was doing with this blog, how to use camera or write a coherent recipe instructions.

The latter is still questionable.

Recently I decided to make them with updated fresh new photography and recipe instructions. And I remembered only how notable they truly are. The only change I made to Jan’s winner of a recipe was swapping in butter for shortening, because I never have or use shortening, even if it is organic. However unsalted butter is an excellent substitution. In fact, I think it lends a better flavor and helps with a more tender crumb texture. Then I topped the brownies with my GO-TO from-scratch chocolate frosting recipe and of course, all the sprinkles.

The end result is a moist, slightly fudgy and cake-y chocolate brownie. And a frosted brownie is the dependable kind of brownie. You won’t want to share these. I promise.

To make these Kitchen-made Chocolate Brownies gather:

• unbleached all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• kosher salt
• unsweetened chocolate
• unsalted butter
• granulated sugar
• large eggs
• pure vanilla extract

I frosted these brownies with my kitchen-made chocolate frosting.

Preheat your oven to 350℉ (or 180℃) and grease and line a 9×13 baking pan with parchment.

In a mixing bowl, combine the 1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Set aside.

Next, roughly chop the 4 ounces of unsweetened chocolate.

Add the chopped chocolate to a medium saucepan along with 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter.

Heat on low, stirring occasionally until melted. Remove off of the heat to cool for a minute.

Then add the 2 cups of sugar to the chocolate mixture.

Whisk until combined.

Next, crack and add in 4 large eggs, one egg at a time.

Whisking after each one.

Lastly, measure and add in 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.

The batter should be thick and glossy and smell rich.

Pour the chocolate batter into the mixing bowl with the flour.

Switch over to a rubber spatula, gently fold and mix the dry ingredients.

Stop once the flour is incorporated.

The batter should be thick and luscious.

Next, spoon the brownie batter into your prepared pan.

Next, with an offset spatula, spread the batter out evenly and maybe even tap the pan on the counter to get it to settle into the pan. Finally, bake on the middle rack of your preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes. Rotating the pan halfway through baking.

For a more fudge-y brownie, slightly under bake by a minute or two.

Once baked, allow the brownies to cool for 20 minutes. Use an offset spatula or butter knife and run it around the edge of the brownies. Using the parchment “handles” remove the brownies to a wire rack to finish cooling.

In the meantime, make the from-scratch chocolate frosting.

Frost once brownies have cooled.

Use an offset spatula to spread the frosting.

Covering the entire brownie in an even layer.

Lastly, sprinkle with fun colorful sprinkles.

Slice. Serve. And devour.

I call dibs on a corner piece!

Enjoy! And if you give these From-scratch Chocolate Brownies recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!