Chocolate Fudge Brownies

These homemade chocolate fudge brownies are delicious and so easy to make.  It takes only 10 minutes to prepare these from scratch, soft and moist brownies with the crackly top!

Today I am sharing my deliciously rich, fudgy brownie recipe.   The steps are very simple that once you make this yummy recipe, you‘ll want to make it over and over again.

As usual, I’ll try to give answers to questions that you may have and we will continue with the recipe.

Let’s start!

What Makes Brownies Fudgy?

Low amount of flour and higher amount of butter makes these brownies fudgy. Mixing sugar and eggs just to combine-not overmixing also creates fudgy brownies.  Besides all, you shouldn’t overbake the brownies, there should be wet crumbs when you insert a toothpick.

The Ingredients For Brownies

• All-purpose flour- I use a little amount of flour to make these brownies fudgy, just enough amount to give a structure
• Granulated sugar- gives moisture  
• Butter-adds moisture and richness
• Eggs-give structure and richness
• Chocolate– I use both roughly chopped chocolate that I melt with butter and chocolate chunks that I fold into the batter, they both make these brownies rich
• Vanilla – enriches the flavor

How to Make Brownies with a Shiny, Crackly Crust

After mixing the eggs and sugar, adding the melted butter-chocolate mixture will give you a shiny, crackly crust.

How to Cut Brownies

Once cooled, remove the brownies from the dish with the parchment paper.  Run a sharp knife over warm water.  Wipe the knife and start to cut.  Wipe the knife and run under warm water as needed between the stages.

How Long Do Brownies Last?

You can keep in an airtight container up to 3 days at room temperature or up to a week in the fridge and up to 3 months in the freezer.

They become chewy as you keep them in the fridge.  Let them cool for 10 minutes at room temperature before eating.  They’ll be yummy.

How to Freeze Brownies

If you want to make brownies ahead, let the brownies totally cool at room temperature and don’t cut into pieces.   Next, cover the brownie with a plastic film and then cover with an aluminum foil/plastic bag. Let it thaw at room temperature for a couple of hours.  Finally cut into pieces and enjoy!

How to Make Fudgy Brownies

First I melt the butter halfway over medium heat and then remove from the heat and stir with a spoon till totally melts.  This ensures that butter is not too hot or boiling as I mix in the chopped chocolate next. But if you like you can just completely melt the butter but make sure it is not too hot when mixing with chocolate.

Next, I add the chopped chocolate into the butter and stir with my spatula.  It may take up to 20-30 seconds until all the chocolate melts. I stir until there are no chocolate pieces and they all combined well.

Then I place the sugar and eggs into a large bowl and stir until they are just combined for almost 20-30 seconds.  I don’t over mix which is the secret of fudgy brownies instead of cakey ones. Later I mix in the vanilla.

I pour the butter-chocolate mixture into the sugar mixture and mix until combined, not overmix.  

Then I add the flour and gently stir with a spatula.  Later I fold in the large chocolate chunks into the mixture.

Finally, I place the mixture into the dish.  The batter will be thick as you can see in the picture below.  I spread it evenly with a spatula.  I bake for 25 minutes or until the toothpick has some wet crumbs on it.

I let it cool in the pan at least for 1 hour and then cut into 12-16 pieces.  

If you like you can top these bars with ice cream and pour chocolate ganache sauce over top! (You can use any of the ratios among three if you want to make ganache sauce.)