Chewy Fudge Brownies

These brownies are my Grandma Lou's old recipe, she sent them to me recently in the mail and I, of course, changed them and made them my own; but the base of this recipe is my Grandma Lou's. Grandma Lou never really enjoy cooking but her boyfriend at the Charles loved cooking! He would make the most amazing lasagna (which I am posting the recipe for!) and the most amazing cheesecake; he was Italian. Sadly, he passed away June 2009; he was driving on the highway and had a heart attack, luckily he did not crash or cause an accident, he just went off the side of the highway and stopped, but he ended up passing away in that car that very second. Second worst day ever! First was loosing my Grandpa Glen. But, Charles loved to cook, sausage and onions were his speciality and to this day I cannot recreate that dish for the life of me, gonna ask Grandma Lou about it. These brownies were his and Grandma's favorite, so these are for you Charles! I love and miss you daily!

You Will Need:

1 1/2 Sticks Organic Butter
1 tsp Real Salt
1 Cup Organic Sugar
3/4 Cup Organic Cocoa Powder
1 1/4 Cup Organic All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
2 Organic Pasture Raised Eggs
2 tbsp Water
2 tsp Organic Vanilla Extract
Organic Soy-Free Chocolate Chips (optional)

Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder together 

Sift flour, baking soda, and cocoa powder; add salt to finished mix

Stir together with a silicon spatula to mix the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder well (do you like my spatula?)

Cream butter and sugar

Add 1 egg at a time mix well

Mix in vanilla and add dry ingredients

Mix to combine

Stir in chocolate chips

Bake 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until toothpick insert comes out clean