Some Very Gooey Fudgy Brownies

With orange zest, walnuts, and chocolate chips running throughout these fudge bars, they are so delicious with a glass of (soy)milk.

I especially love that this is a one-bowl recipe. Easy clean up!

Fudgy Brownie Bars:

8 Tbs butter, melted
1 egg
1 Tsp vanilla extract
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup of all-purpose (unbleached) flour
pinch of salt
zest of 1 orange
1 cup chopped chocolate- (can be combination of dark+milk, or just semi-sweet)

Dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate goes really well with orange zest.

1. Preheat oven 350°F. Butter a 8x8 pan.
2. In a large bowl, melt the butter in a microwave (or pan if you like).
3. Mix in brown sugar and salt until smooth, and then egg, vanilla extract, and orange zest.
4. Add in flour, stir, then mix in chopped chocolate (the mixture was still warm for me so the chocolate melted.)

Fun part: Mix in anything you like! Add some toasted nuts, more semi-sweet chocolate chips, or peanut butter chips if you like. If you don't like orange zest, then mix in 1/2-3/4 cup dried cherries.

5. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes. I took it out at 22 minutes, so that it'll still be a gooey cookie. Let cool before cutting. Refrigerate and it will harden up (if you want to cut easily.)

Recipe adapted from here. But I failed and these turned into fudgy brownie bars. (^o^)