Chocolate Chip Brownies

Submitted by PalatablePastime

"This is guaranteed to satisfy your chocolate fix. Ooey, gooey, fudgey, and chewy."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 15 brownies

ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine (2 sticks)
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped (optional)
• 4 eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Place 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips and the butter in a saucepan on very low heat, and stir, until melted, being careful not to scorch.
2. Allow melted chocolate to cool to room temperature.
3. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
4. Spread walnuts (optional) on a baking sheet (if not already toasted), and bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes; remove pan from oven and allow nuts to cool before chopping.
5. Mix together eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl; stir in vanilla and salt.
6. Sift flour, and add in small portions to egg, mixing well after each addition, until thoroughly blended.
7. Stir in cooled chocolate and mix well; then fold in chopped nuts (if using).
8. Add remainder of chocolate chips (about 1 1/4 cups) to the batter and stir well.
9. Pour batter into a greased 9x11-inch pan and spread evenly.
10. Bake at 325 degrees for approx 25-30 minutes, then allow brownies to cool in the pan on a wire rack.
11. Makes approx 15 brownies, depending on size preference.

Reviews

[Two Socks]

This recipe is but the latest in my quest to find the perfect brownie. The texture of these brownies is great, but I think they are way too sweet considering the recipe only uses semisweet chocolate. I would either cut the amount of sugar in half, or use 3 or 4 ounces of unsweetened chocolate in the brownie batter before adding the chocolate chips. I used Nestle's chocolate chunks to make these which I will never do again (I learned I don't like Nestle for baking). I will definitely make these again, but with the changes said earlier.

 

[Mae Xenchezka]

Thanks SueL for posting this recipe. I totally agree with angelfan, this is the best home made brownies I have ever tasted. I didnt use chocolate chips for the whole recipe, I used Dove dark chocolate bar (250g) and made up the 360g called for in the recipe with chocolate chips and I also added a full cup of chocolate chips instead of the remaining 1-1/4 cup of chocolate chips. I didnt use any nut this time (but will likely use walnut the next time). I dont have the conventional oven but used a Tefal electric oven instead which needed another extra 25mins to bake at 180 deg Celcius. The brownies turned out fantastically moist, rich, aromatic ..simply heavenly :) Thanks, its definitely a '2-thumbs up' recipe!

 

[Janet G.]

Melt in your mouth, sweet comfort, chocolate fix, book mark receipe good! Puts the smile back on your face.

 

[Chef shapeweaver]

I made this recipe on 2/6/11 for the " Comfort Food "event in the Food Photo Forum. After mixing together all the ingredients I couldn't resist a taste of the batter, it was really very sweet.After they cooled,I did a " Quality Taste Test "expecting sweet brownie,but alas it wasn't as sweet as I had expected.During baking, the chocolate chips settled to the bottom of the pan. Which made for a dense bottom and hard to cut through. I did however have another brownie today and it seemed a bit more on the sweeter side.Thank you for taking the time to post and " Keep Smiling :) "

 

[Nourishing My Life]

I misread the directions and melted all of the chocolate chips instead of just 3/4 cup, so I added extra chocolate chips at the end (about 3/4 cup extra). I had to bake it longer so it wasn't too gooey. I thought my mistake was a good one--it was just chocolaty enough. I'm picky about brownies, so I think this is a really good recipe. Next time I want to try Ghiradelhi chocolate chips because I think it would be even better!