---
title: Simple brownies
image: /recipe-images/brownies.jpg
tags:
  - Sweet 🍬
  - Cake 🍰
  - Sharable
  - Favourite ⭐
time: 45 min
servings: 4
sourceLabel: BBC good food
sourceURL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/richchocolatebrownie_1933/
ingredients:
  - 225g butter (preferably unsalted)
  - 450g caster sugar
  - 140g dark chocolate broken into pieces
  - 5 free-range medium eggs
  - 110g plain flour
  - 55g cocoa powder
---

Heat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Line a 20x30cm baking tin with baking paper.

Gently melt the butter and the sugar together in a large pan. Once melted, take off the heat and add the chocolate. Stir until melted.

Beat in the eggs, then stir in the flour and the cocoa powder.

Pour the brownie batter into the prepared tin and bake for 30–35 minutes, or until the top of the brownie is just firm but there is still a gentle wobble in the middle.

Take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tin. Cut the brownies into 5cm squares when only just warm, or completely cool.