One Bowl Brownies

These brownies are almost as easy as a box mix, and so delicious!  They fall somewhere between a fudgey brownie and a cakey brownie, they're super thick and chocolate-y, and overall they're sort the platonic ideal of "brownie." We ate our pan way too fast, but these are hard to resist! Pictured here with a scoop of mango lassi frozen yogurt from the Jeni's Splendid  Ice Cream Desserts cookbook...mmmmmm.  The perfect pairing!

One Bowl Brownies (adapted from Show Me the Yummy, original recipe here)
Makes one 9x13 pan of brownies

2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp salt
5 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13 pan with oil.
2. Whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a large bowl.  Add the eggs, oil, and vanilla and stir to combine.  Scrape into the prepared pan.
3. If using chocolate chips, sprinkle on top.
4. Bake about 30 minutes, until the brownies are just set.