Homemade Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Brownies
Our best Homemade Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Brownies recipe is easy, fudgy and deliciously loaded with walnuts! The decadent combination of of rich chocolate and crunchy walnuts is irresistible that brings people together to enjoy something sweet!
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips or chopped semi-sweet or dark chocolate bar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups walnuts chopped, save some for tops of brownies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9-inch square baking pan lined with parchment paper for easy removal with non-stick cooking spray. Next decide if you want stovetop or microwave method, then move on to step 4.
- Stovetop Method: In a medium saucepan, melt chocolate chips and butter over low heat. Then, let it cool slightly.
- Microwave Method: Melt chocolate chips and butter in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments stirring every 30 seconds until melted and let cool slightly.
- Add sugar and vanilla to the mixture. Once it cools down, add eggs and mix it in.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Then, add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and whisk or stir together until combined well.
- Add walnuts to the brownie batter and spread mixture evenly in your prepared pan.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting into squares. Depending on how fudgy you want the brownies, check at 25 minutes and go from there when you want to pull them out of the oven to cool. Brownies will continue baking once they are pulled from the oven, so keep that in mind as to not overbake the brownies.
Notes
More Variations
- Besides walnuts, you can substitute pecans, pistachios, peanuts or whatever nutty concoction you want to elevate your brownies.
- Feel free to toast your nuts while your chocolate is cooling in the beginning steps. Just preheat the oven to 325°F.. Put the nuts on a baking sheet, making sure they are spread out and not too close together on a baking sheet. Bake for 5-7 minutes until they are lightly toasted and slightly brown.
- Add ¼ to ½ cup chocolate chips for extra chocolate flavor and texture to your brownies if you want even more chocolate flavor.
- Switch out the vanilla extract with chocolate extract for another chocolate twist!