Fudgy Brownies

By lbgtdep

Ingredients

• VARIATIONS
• 8-by-8-inch 16-by-8-inch an 8-by-8-inch baking pan, lined with parchment paper (2 sheets, each cut into a 16-by-8-inch rectangle), brushed with butter and dusted with cocoa powder.

Preparation

Step 1

STEP 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Dust with flour, and tap out excess; set aside. Whisk together flour and salt in a small bowl; set aside.
STEP 2
Melt chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring. Let cool completely.
STEP 3
Meanwhile, put sugar and eggs into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until pale, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Beat in chocolate mixture and the vanilla. Add flour mixture, and beat until just combined.
STEP 4
Spread batter evenly into prepared dish. Bake until top has cracked, center is just firm to the touch, and a cake tester inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool completely in dish on a wire rack. Cut into squares.