Double Chocolate Brownies

​If you are a diehard fan of box mix brownies - I challenge you to give my homemade brownie recipe a try.  They are so much better than box mix brownies and almost as easy as opening a package.  Follow my simple step by step instructions and you will end up with a huge batch of the most delicious chocolate brownies you have ever tasted.

​This was a family recipe that I have been making for a long time.  This recipe makes a lot of brownies but you can freeze the leftovers in ziploc bags.  You can also cut the recipe in half and bake them in a 9x13 pan.   

​Brownies
2 cups butter

​8 ounces unsweetened chocolate  

8 eggs 

​4 cups sugar

2 1/2 cups flour

12 ounces chocolate chips

Melt butter and chocolate.

Cream eggs and sugar.

​Add flour.

Stir in warm chocolate.

Pour into an ungreased baking sheet.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips.

​Put pan into a cold oven.  Turn oven to 300 and bake 45 minutes to an hour.

​I cut my brownies into into Christmas trees with a cookie cutter.  I also sprinkled them with powdered sugar to make them look a bit more wintery.

I had the opportunity to go on a retreat this weekend with about 450 middle and high school kids.  It was exhilarating and exhausting at the same time.  I took these brownies with me to camp and shared them with the girls in my cabin.  They were almost all gone within the hour - I guess they liked them.  

Here are some highlights from my weekend retreat:

Ciao!

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