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Learn how to make fudge brownies from scratch! These chewy fudge brownies from scratch are made with staple pantry ingredients. You’ll taste the difference between this homemade brownie recipe and box brownies. Totally worth the extra 5 minutes to measure your own ingredients. And, surprisingly, these very chewy gooey brownies are made with with no oil or milk.
To start baking these chewy fudge brownies from scratch, preheat the oven to 350º.
This is a brownie recipe for a 9×13 inch pan.
Line the pan with parchment paper. You can also grease the pan with cooking spray or butter, but parchment paper is a lifesaver for keeping the beautiful chewy brownie edges in tact. My favorite kind comes in sheets.
The trick for chewy fudge brownies from scratch
Want to know how to make brownies chewy not cakey?
Well, when you’re making brownies without oil, you need to add moisture with butter.
Instead of melting the butter in the microwave, the trick for gooey fudge brownies is to melt the butter with the sugar in a sauce pan on the stove. This is how you’ll make a thick and creamy base for your fudge brownies.
Bonus points: melting butter and sugar together will make your kitchen smell real good!
Combining ingredients for scratch brownies
Mix melted butter and sugar until smooth. Once the mixture is cool (to avoid scrambling the eggs), add in eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth.
In another bowl, mix cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and flour.
Mix the dry ingredients in with the fudge brownie batter.
Add chocolate chips to the batter and pour the batter in the pan.
Using a spatula, spread the brownie batter to form an even layer in the pan.
Bake for about 26 minutes.
If they are too soft and you have to keep them in the oven longer, don’t bake them for longer than 30 minutes.
How do you make hard brownies soft?
Most of my friends who tested this recipe gobbled them up within a day or two.
But one friend made them and went away for the long weekend. When she came back, her brownies turned hard before her family could finish them.
So I taught her my trick.
If you leave brownies out for a few days and they get hard, you can soften a hard brownie by microwaving it wrapped in damp paper towel for 20-30 seconds on a plate.
Homemade scratch brownie toppings to try:
- Crushed nuts: pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts
- Bacon (!!)
- Broken pieces of a caramel chocolate bar (love this one)
- Sea salt
- Chocolate chips
- Peanut butter chips (please don’t get me started on my love for peanut butter and chocolate)
- Bake the chewy fudge brownies and serve them warm with a scoop of ice cream
Tasty tips and notes for making perfect chewy fudge brownies
To help you successfully learn how to make fudge brownies from scratch, here are a few brownie pointers:
- The brownies can be stored up to 5 days in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Brownies keep in the freezer for 3-4 months. To freeze baked chewy fudge brownies, wrap them uncut in a double layer of foil. Then store them in a ziplock bag.
- Line the baking pan with parchment paper (these sheets are so easy to use)
- Splurge on the chocolate. Since I lived in SF, home of Ghirardelli, I am loyal to their chocolate chips. If you’re going to eat chocolate, eat amazing chocolate!
- Don’t bake these brownies for longer than 30 minutes – they may not seem done, but they will keep baking once pulled from the oven
- It’s best to use room temperature eggs, since they mix easily and help to achieve the best texture
- Brownies will cook faster in a metal pan than a glass dish. This awesome 9×13 pan comes with a lid.
- When you cut the brownies warm, it cracks the top. For presentation, if you’re serving them at room temperature later, cut them right before serving them.
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Chewy Fudge Brownies from Scratch Recipe (Sip Bite Go)
Learn how to make fudge brownies from scratch! These chewy fudge brownies from scratch are made with staple pantry ingredients. You'll taste the difference between this homemade brownie recipe and box brownies. Totally worth the extra 5 minutes to measure your own ingredients. And, surprisingly, these very chewy gooey brownies are made with with no oil or milk.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 cup butter
- 2 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 cup ghiradelli dark chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350º. Line a 9x13 inch pan with parchment paper or grease with butter.
Mix eggs and vanilla and set aside. Instead of melting the butter in the microwave, melt it with the sugar in a sauce pan on the stove to get a thick and creamy base for your fudge brownies.
Mix melted butter and sugar until smooth. Once the mixture is cool (to avoid scrambling the eggs), add in eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth.
In another bowl, mix the cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and flour. Mix dry ingredients in with the batter.
Add chocolate chips and spread the batter throughout the pan. Bake for about 26 minutes. If they are too soft and you have to keep them in the oven longer, don't bake them for longer than 30 minutes.
Recipe Notes
- The brownies can be stored up to 5 days in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Brownies keep in the freezer for 3-4 months. To freeze baked chewy fudge brownies, wrap them uncut in a double layer of foil. Then store them in a ziplock bag.
- Line the baking pan with parchment paper (these sheets are so easy to use)
- Splurge on the chocolate. Since I lived in SF, home of Ghirardelli, I am loyal to their chocolate chips. If you're going to eat chocolate, eat amazing chocolate!
- Don't bake these brownies for longer than 30 minutes - they may not seem done, but they will keep baking once pulled from the oven
- It’s best to use room temperature eggs, since they mix easily and help to achieve the best texture
- Brownies will cook faster in a metal pan than a glass dish. This awesome 9x13 pan comes with a lid.
- When you cut the brownies warm, it cracks the top. For presentation, if you're serving them at room temperature later, cut them right before serving them.
- Topping ideas:
- Crushed nuts: pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts
- Bacon (!!)
- Broken pieces of a caramel chocolate bar (love this one)
- Sea salt
- Chocolate chips
- Peanut butter chips
- A scoop of ice cream
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I love love love that these brownies are from scratch. I make semi-homemade. And feel pretty cool about that. However, from serious scratch is where its at!
Ok, so I noticed your serving size is 12. Nope. One maybe, or two. 🙂 I loved that you said you walked by often!
I make a mean black bean brownie!!! Seriously such a good way to get healthy food into kids because the beans make the brownies rich without changing the flavor!
I have been promising myself to create a black bean brownie with natural ingredients, but just havent. Would love your recipe…
I can bake and cook anything, yet I somehow always screw up brownies! I am brownie cursed! I will have to give these a try. Maybe they will break my cycle.
These are really going to be helpful! The kids and I love sweets and we also love chocolate so this is perfect for us. I love a chewy fudge brownie and it would be nice to perfect the recipe! Thanks for the tips on how to make it the way we want it.
Girl you are talking my language today chocolate. I love me some good chewy brownies warm from the oven.
You made these from scratch? Wow, those look delicious. I know my husband would love them too. He loves brownies.
Yummy! I can easily make this vegan with a few substitutions:) Thanks for sharing!
Omg can we say yum??? Hubby fav dessert is brownies!! Must give these a try.
I love sweet things and brownies too! You made this so perfectly. I can make good brownies but they never look as perfect as these.
It’s been way too long since the last time I’ve eaten a brownie. Brownies served warm are one of my favorite sweet treats.
Sugary crambled eggs hahaha I imagined that! This is so funny!
Love brownies and saving your recipe! Yummy
Brownies are my new favorite item to bake with the kids (they bake it, I eat it – seems fair!) so I’ll have to give these ones a try.
Yay what an awesome recipe! I manage to screw up every recipe I try to make but this looks easy enough 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I am saving this recipe right now, these look so delicious! I have been wanting some good brownies!
Oh man, I would be in trouble if I worked down in that area of SF…the chocolate, the chowder…it would not be good lol
Delicious!!! This is a great recipe, I can’t wait to try it with my kiddos!!
oh yum! Brownies that are homemade taste so much better. I don’t like any artificial aftertaste. The special ingredients would fool my kid too!
Brownies from scratch are one of our favorite treats around here. These look so amazing!
I will have to look into making these. Box brownies are not my friend so maybe making them like this would be better!
These look so good! Definitely going to make those one time. I love brownies and I’m still looking for the perfect recipe. Maybe this one is the one! ^^
Oooo this is just plus one of my favorite recipe I will make for my kids, we all love brownies!
Yummy. Just looking at it makes me drool…. I love sweets and this definitely goes to the top of my list.
Love a gooey chewy brownie! Thanks for the tip about taking them out before they look done. That must be the secret!
I really love your tips! No scrambled eggs in my brownies!
oh wow this looks amazing, need to try asap!
Somehow my brownies never turn out perfect. i am going to try these for sure.
Brownies are the way to my heart and these fudge ones looks too good.
They are looking so yummy. Need to try these brownie recipe out
I saved the recipe so i will try it soon looks so delicious and I love sweets so much ! Thanks!
nom nom nom, not much I love more than a good brownie so definitely saving this!
Oh my god, these sound so amazing! I wish I had the ingredients to whip up a batch right now!
This looks sooo delicious! My mouth is literally watering!
I know a fair amount of people who would like to FACE PLANT into that pan of deliciousness, ha ha! Saturday night date 😉
brownies are the way to my heart, I wonder if I could use gluten free flour instead of regular flour. They look yummy though.
I freakin LOVE Ghirardelli brownies–to me they are the best mix! So glad I found this recipe. I can now re-make them 🙂
These are perfect after the week I had. Some yummy comfort food. Thanks for this tempting recipe.
The photos and the recipe as well makes my mouth water. I am going to try out this recipe soon after I visit the supermarket next time to get the ingredients. Very well explained. Thanks for the tips and detailed instructions.
I have always bought the premix brownie. Didn’t know how to make it from scratch. This is so exciting. I can try it out now. It does look super yummy.
Love the garnishing ideas! Bacon is not something i’d have thought of before.
Saved this recipe.. I love brownies!!!
Love a great from scratch brownie – these are going in the recipe book for sure!
The fudgier the better!! These look awesome. I love your tips and topping ideas!
Omg these look so chewy and fudgy! Homemade brownies are my all time favorite, I need to try your recipe out soon.
I confess, I often resort to boxed brownie mix. This recipe makes me rethink all that. It looks like I can make from scratch brownies that will taste a lot better than the boxed stuff. This is on my must make list!
Chewy brownies are my favorite. These are absolutely delicious. I appreciate all the tutorials and tips!