One-Bowl, Delicious, Fudgy, Ooey-gooey, Overly-chocolaty Brownies

       Let's establish a couple of things right off the bat. I love chocolate so freaking much! When I make cookies, I don't measure the chocolate chips, I just keep adding until the mixer can't mix anymore. With Coronacation in full swing, I need something to keep my mind off of everything. My cousin, Rory, from Minnesota and I have video-chatted every day and we make dessert or dinner, and just have a ball. This has allowed us to make sure we are doing something productive every day, other than the 1-2 hours of homework we have. So today, I decided to make my One-Bowl, Delicious, Fudgey, ooey-gooey, overly-chocolaty Brownies. These are so so so easy, soft, chocolaty, and might just change your life. I have some VERY important tidbits on how to make brownies on my Instagram, @mykookiekitchen.

       First thing is first, the wet ingredients. Take 1 cup of melted butter, BUT make sure the butter is cool, to your mixing bowl. It's important that the bowl isn't too small. then 1 cup of granulated sugar, 1 cup TIGHTLY packed brown sugar, 4 ROOM TEMPERATURE eggs, and 1 Tbs of vanilla extract.

       A very important thing about brownies is to not over mix them, you want to make sure they are completely combined, then turn off the mixer.

      When you're done with the wet ingredients, you add the dry. Sift 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of cocoa powder into your wet ingredients. It's important to sift them because you want all the brownies to be light and fluffy from the air, that sifting gives it. You can add 1 tsp of instant espresso powder if you have it, but it's self-quarantine time, no one is worried about the instant espresso. Let's be honest during an epidemic no one is going to try your brownies and ask if they have any espresso powder in them.

       Now that you have your batter all combined, GENTLY fold in your chocolate. I like to use nice chocolate in big chunks that I can cut, but again there is a pandemic, and I can't run to Kroger to get some chocolate. So, I had to use chocolate chips. About 1 cup, but let's be real, I used at least 1 1/4 cups.

       Then, I put the batter into my pan (first I sprayed it with Pam, then lined it with parchment). After that, I sprinkled about another 1/4 cup of chocolate chips on top of my batter. I put that pan into a 350 degree oven and cook for about 25 minutes.

       It is kinda difficult to determine when brownies are done cooking. The pan will remain very hot even once you've taken it out of the oven. For yummy, fudgy brownies, you want to pull them when there are still some crumbs on your toothpick. They will finish setting up once you've pulled them. Either before you put the pan in the oven, or as soon as you take them out, I like to sprinkle a little bit of flakey salt on top of the brownies for a nice sweet-salty thing happening.

       I hope you guys love these as much as I do. They are such a fun, quick treat to make, especially while in self-quarantine.