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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 20, 2016
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With or without walnuts, this is our go-to chocolate brownie recipe. It's a must-try!

Chocolate Brownies

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 3 hr 10 min
  • Servings 16
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup butter or margarine
  • 5 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted if desired*
  • Chocolate or mocha frosting, if desired

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan with shortening.
  • Step 
    2
    In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Cool 5 minutes.
  • Step 
    3
    In medium bowl, beat sugar, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on high speed 5 minutes. Beat in chocolate mixture on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in flour just until blended, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in walnuts. Spread in pan.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 40 to 45 minutes or just until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 2 hours. Frost with frosting. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.

Nutrition

230 Calories
11g Total Fat
2g Protein
29g Total Carbohydrate
22g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Brownie
Calories
230
Calories from Fat
100
Total Fat
11g
17%
Saturated Fat
7g
34%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
60mg
20%
Sodium
65mg
3%
Potassium
25mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
29g
10%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
22g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
6%
6%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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