Best Ever Brownies Recipe

The Best Ever Brownies are the brownies that are ooey-gooey, loaded with fudge, have a crackling crust on top, are slightly chewy, and solidify your reasons for being a chocoholic. These are those brownies!

It should go without saying that you’re only going to get the best ever brownies by making them from scratch. Knowing your ingredients, watching the process, and baking with love over oil, are key components to making the best brownies. But what are some other qualities in a good brownie?

Best Ever Brownie requirements

The best brownie recipe needs to be one that yields crisp, dense edges where the batter has kissed the pan during baking. It needs to have fudge-like consistency, but not so much that it falls apart in your hand while warm.

Melted chocolate should ooze out of every bite thanks to the addition of chocolate chunks in the batter. And while it should be sweet, there needs to be a balance of bitter notes from the use of rich cocoa powder.

That is at least our qualifications of a favorite brownie. We prefer the fudgy brownies. That is in our book the main component to some spectacular brownies.

How to Make Brownies from Scratch

Simple ingredients make for moist, luscious brownies with a thick chocolate flavor. Gather these ingredients at the store and keep them on hand to make your brownies whenever the craving strikes!I know that making things from scratch many times is super difficult.

We’ve been conditioned though to think that making it from a box is somehow easier. Really, it is not that difficult. Bonus factor is that you get to have complete control over your ingredients. Want to make them with your favorite chocolate?

No problem. Making brownies yourself really gives you plenty of opportunity to make these and tailor them to your needs. Ready for even more-so a bonus? These can be made gluten-free!!! Yesssss. Simply swap this out with gluten-free 1-1 flour and you’ll be golden. Be sure that this flour blend has xanthan gum in it as well. It’s best if it’s is a blend of rice, tapioca and cornstarch is our favorite blend personally.

Tips for making this brownie recipe from scratch

1. Always start with room temperature ingredients. In any baking, the temperature and order in which you combine ingredients is crucial. Making homemade brownies starts with creaming the butter and sugar together. For this you need room temperature butter. Too cold and your butter will not cream.
2. Don’t MELT.. Melted butter and your sugar ends up getting dissolved and prevents the soft fluffy clouds of butter from forming.
3. Eggs. The same goes for eggs. Room temperature eggs added to room temperature butter ensures the batter is mixed evenly and will result in a more even rise during the baking process.

How to measure flour correctly

Spoon flour for measuring, never scoop directly. This goes for the flour and the cocoa powder. If you want to get really precise, we recommend measuring by weight with a kitchen scale. However, spooning your ingredients into a measuring cup and leveling off with the straight edge of a knife will suffice.

Spooning the dry ingredients gives them the ability to breathe and fluff.Whereas scooping directly from the bag or container will result in a packed version of the ingredients. Thus, you end up with more in quantity than your recipe calls for which will result in hard bricks of brownies. We do not want that.After they come out of the oven you must do one more thing.

Wait for your brownies to cool. I know it’s hard to wait, but the cooling process solidifies the binding agents within the batter. Allowing your brownies to cool completely before cutting is one way to ensure they do not fall apart in your hand. Once they are cooled, you can cut them easily and reheat in a bowl topped with no-churn honey ice cream for a warm hot-fudge brownie sundae!