Dark Chocolate Brownies with Sea Salt

Homemade brownies are almost as easy as opening up a box mix. If you can stir together some sugar, flour, salt, cocoa powder, and baking soda- there's your boxed mix. It costs so much less, tastes so much better, and has no preservatives or ingredients you can't pronounce. Plus, you gain bragging rights of saying they are "from scratch".

Dark Chocolate Brownies with Sea Salt
((Printable Recipe))

Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4-1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup dark cocoa powder
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt (divided)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Directions:
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 11x7-inch baking dish.

2. In a medium sized mixing bowl, stir together the cocoa powder, flour, 1/4 teaspoon sea salt and baking powder with a whisk.

3. Melt the butter and add to a large mixing bowl. Add the chocolate chips and stir with a whisk until they begin to melt.  Add the sugar and whisk until combined.  Add the vanilla and whisk in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the dry ingredients.

4. Pour the batter into your prepared pan. Top with the additional 1/4 teaspoon sea salt and bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove them from the oven when the center is still slightly underdone and allow them to cool completely on a cooling rack.

5. Top with more coarse sea salt when ready to serve.


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