In preparation for trying out Alvin Zhou’s “100-Hour Fudgy Brownues” recipe, I figured I should try my mom’s recipe first, for comparison.

the packaging of an 85% cocoa dark chocolate bar made by Moser Roth

a chef’s knife and five dark chocolate bars sitting on a wooden cutting board

roughly chopped chocolate pieces sitting on a wooden cutting board

a tray of brownies in a metal sheet pan, freshly removed from the oven