These brownies will be your new favorite brownie!! They are full of chocolate and gooey goodness, plus they have Oreos in them. I mean how can they not be your favorite brownie? I really believe good quality ingredients is so important in any recipe. I tried using a different butter recently and the outcome wasn’t what I wanted it to be. So I went back to the Trader Joe’s brand of butter. I can’t stress enough, how important good ingredients are. If you have not gotten black cocoa yet, I recommend you do. It will change all chocolate baking for the better.

Homemade brownies are so much better than box mix and very easy to make. I had a few different brownie recipes and all of them are easy to make. I am gonna share my secret to make homemade brownies.

1. Melted butter and use unsalted. Unsalted melts so much to me. Melted butter helps the brownies from drying out.
2. Brown sugar is a must, it gives the brownie a softer texture, while adding a little bit of flavor.
3. Room temperature eggs so you don’t get scrambled eggs in your brownies.
4. Black cocoa, it mixes os much better and it is finer, so add a little bit of lightness to the texture for a chewy and softer texture.
5. Kahlua is optional, but adds to a richer chocolate flavor.
6. 1 full tsp of salt to bring out the chocolate flavor while adding some balance.
7. Good quality chocolate, because it makes a difference.

While a box make might seem easier, it really isn’t. You still add a lot of the same ingredients. Plus homemade brownies don’t have all the preservatives that a box mix has. However homemade have more flavor, still are chewy and soft.

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Billie-Jo

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter melted
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tsp Kahlua
• ¾ cup all purpose flour
• ½ cup black cocoa
• 1 tsp salt
• ⅔ cup Ghirardelli 60% chocolate chips
• 15 Oreos chopped or broken into little pieces

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 9×9 pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. Melt butter in a pan on a stove over medium heat. Add sugar and brown sugar,  whisk until sugar is dissolved/melted. 
3.  Add vanilla extract and Kahlua, whisk until combined. Let cool for 10 minutes.
4. While the butter mixture is cooling, whisk together flour, cocoa powder and salt, mix until combined.
5. Add eggs to the butter mixture and whisk quickly until combined.
6. Add the butter mixture to the flour mixture, mix until combined.
7. Fold in most of the Oreos and  all of the chocolate chips. 
8. Pour batter into the prepared pan, add remaining Oreos to top.
9. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until done. Mine took 33 minutes. Brownies will stay fresh for five days, but they won’t last that long. Allow to cool for at least an hour before cutting. 

Tips & Recommendations

Use good chocolate chips and cocoa powder in this recipe. Save about ¼-⅓ of the Oreos to place on top of the batter before placing in the oven.

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I’m Billie, a recipe creator, food photographer, a girl that just loves to be in the kitchen and a travel lover.

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