Chocolate Chunk Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 1/2 tablespoons salted butter
2/3 cup sugar
11 ounces bittersweet chocolate
2 1/8 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Coarsely chop 7 oz of the chocolate. In a large sauce pan over medium heat combine butter, sugar and 2 tablespoons of water until butter is melted and sugar dissolved; remove from heat and stir in the 7 oz of chocolate until melted. Let the chocolate mixture cool and stir in vanilla and egg mixing well.
In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly stir the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture until well combined.
Chop the remaining 4 oz chocolate into 1/4-inch chunks. Stir in the chocolate chunks and nuts into the rest of the batter. Pour batter into a 9x9 square baking dish and bake for 22-27 minutes.