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Boxed Brownies without the Box

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 c butter softened
  • 2 c sugar
  • 1 c brown sugar
  • 4 eggs room temperature
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 1/2 c dutch process cocoa powder or regular unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 c quality semisweet chocolate chips or chunks

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9x13 tray with cooking spray.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Cream for at least 3 minutes, until mixture is very light and fluffy. Add eggs, on at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla.
  • Add flour, cocoa powder, and salt and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips or chunk
  • Pour mixture into prepared 9x13 pan and spread evenly.
  • Bake for 30-36 minutes. Don't over bake! Brownies are done when the top is matte and not wet looking, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with wet crumbs; not liquid.

Notes

Recipe source: Adapted from Modern Honey