Best Friends Forever Brownies

Rich, fudgy brownies made with unsweetened chocolate, cocoa powder, and chopped walnuts. These classic brownies are perfect for sharing with your best friends.

16 servings
2 hr 13 min

Ingredients

  • 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 piece baking pan

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Heat oven to 325°F with rack in middle. Lightly grease or butter pan and line with crisscrossed sheets of parchment or foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang.

    5 min

  2. 2.

    Melt chocolate with butter in a large metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove bowl from pan and let cool 5 minutes.

    10 min

  3. 3.

    Add sugar and whisk well.

    2 min

  4. 4.

    Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition, and whisk mixture vigorously until smooth and cohesive.

    5 min

  5. 5.

    Whisk in vanilla and salt.

    1 min

  6. 6.

    Add flour and cocoa and stir with whisk until incorporated and batter is smooth.

    3 min

  7. 7.

    Fold in nuts with a rubber spatula.

    2 min

  8. 8.

    Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until a wooden pick comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

    40 min

  9. 9.

    Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack.

    60 min

  10. 10.

    To remove them easily from the pan, use the parchment overhangs to lift the brownies, still on the parchment, from the pan. Cut brownies into serving pieces.

    5 min

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