Best Fudgy Brownies

What Pan You Bake Brownies In:

The pan you bake your brownies in can really impact your brownies' texture and doneness. Darker pans and metal pans heat up much more quickly than glass pans. When you bake anything in dark and/or metal baking dishes, they'll cook much faster because of how quickly they absorb heat.

Glass baking pans are thicker, so they take longer to heat up. What this means is that whenever you bake using a glass dish, it'll need to bake for longer than if you were baking in a dark or metal pan.

How Long To Bake Brownies:

How long to bake brownies depends on your pan. My brownies took around 30 minutes to bake fully in my clear, glass baking dish. If you're baking using a metal or dark pan, you should start checking on your brownies at around 20 minutes just to monitor the browning and baking so your brownies don't burn/dry out.

You'll know when your brownie is ready when the edges are dry and crackly, but the center is still a little moist looking on top. The brownie is done when you insert a skewer into the center and it comes out with just a few crumbs on it, but no wet batter.

When you do use a skewer to test your brownies, if you used chocolate chips, you may have areas where your skewer will come out wet just because of the melted chocolate. So just make sure you try your skewer test in more than one place.

Mixing Brownie Batter:

If you want denser brownies, you'll want to avoid beating too much air into your batter while you're mixing. The more you mix, the fluffier your batter will be, so you'll end up with a more cakey brownie. Nothing wrong with that! But it just depends on what you're looking for. If you want a dense brownie, make sure you only mix until your ingredients are just incorporated.

Pay extra care when mixing your batter after you add in flour. The more you mix flour, the tougher your dessert is going to be. If you want a tender brownie, make sure you fold your flour in slowly just until you no longer see dry ingredients. I also like to add in my chocolate chips (or whatever else I'm adding to my brownie) before I fold in my dry ingredients. This helps me make sure I don't over mix

I always recommend mixing brownie batter by hand because you're just less likely to over mix when you don't have electric beaters.

How to store brownies:

To store brownies at room temperature, transfer the brownies to an airtight container to prevent having them dry out. Brownies can last for 3 to 5 days at room temperature, or up to 1 week if you refrigerate them.

Can Brownies Be Frozen?

Yes! If you want to freeze baked brownies, place them in an airtight, freezer safe container or plastic bag, and store frozen for up to 2 months.

When you want to serve frozen brownies, let the brownies defrost at room temperature for a couple of hours or in the fridge overnight beforehand. If you do defrost your brownies in the fridge, make sure you let them sit at room temperature for a bit otherwise the butter in the brownies may be too firm.

How To Reheat Brownies:

If you're like me, then you also love a warm brownie. Try as I may, I can't finish all the brownies I make right after they come out of the oven. So I have a little trick for heating brownies again in the oven.

I like to wrap brownies in a layer of parchment paper, followed by a layer of tin foil, and warm them in a 350°F oven for about 3 to 5 minutes. The parchment paper does two things here. One, it prevents the brownie from sticking to the tin foil. And two, it keeps moisture sealed in the brownie so it doesn't dry out in the oven. The tin foil also helps keep moisture in because it can seal better than the parchment paper.

You can also reheat brownies in the microwave. Place your brownies on a microwave safe plate and heat in 10 second intervals until warmed through.

Can Brownies Recipes Be Doubled?

This brownie recipe doubles, triples, and quadruples perfectly! You can even halve the recipe if you wanted a small batch of brownies.