Simple Brownies with Dark Chocolate Chips

I finally got to bake my first dessert in my new apartment! I finished packing up at my mother's house yesterday and the unpacking is almost finished here. I got a brownie pan and some other baking stuff, and since we need to go grocery shopping today anyway, I figured brownies weren't a bad idea for breakfast.

This is my go-to brownie recipe. I usually add chocolate chips of some sort, but you can add pretty much anything (candy, caramel, nuts, etc).


Dark Chocolate Chip Brownies (recipe via Living Lou)

• 6 tbsp unsalted butter
• 6 oz coarsely chopped semisweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• a handful—1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (depends on your preference; too many chocolate chips and the brownies won't cook properly)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch pan or line with parchment paper, and grease the parchment paper.
Melt butter, chocolate and cocoa in a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water, or melt in microwave at 30 second intervals, mixing each time. Stir together until melted. Once melted, cool slightly.

Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a bow, and set aside.

Beat sugar, eggs and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer for 4 minutes. Add the melted chocolate mixture and beat until combined. Add the flour mixture and beat, scraping down the sides of the bowl until completely combined.
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake until a cake tester comes out with a few crumbs, which takes about 30—35 minutes, depending on your oven.