• Add the butter and chocolate to a medium-sized saucepan.  Turn the heat to medium-low, and melt the chocolate and the butter, stirring constantly with a whisk.
• Once the chocolate and butter have melted and come together into one smooth mixture, take the saucepan off the heat, and whisk in the vanilla.  Now whisk in the cocoa powder until smooth, and allow the mixture to cool for five minutes.

Add the sugar and eggs

• Whisk the sugar into the chocolate mixture, followed by the eggs.  Keep whisking until you have a smooth, shiny mixture.

Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips

• Now add the flour, baking soda, and salt.  Whisk until just combined, then add in the chocolate chips.  Gently fold in the chocolate chips with a spatula.

Bake the brownies

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease an 8x8 inch glass baking dish. If you want to make it really easy to slice the brownies after baking, line the baking dish with parchment paper, then grease the parchment paper.
• Pour the brownie batter evenly into the baking dish.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.  A toothpick inserted in the middle should come out mostly clean.

Let the brownies cool, and enjoy!

• Let the brownies cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.  As there is so little flour in the brownies, this is a very important step, so don’t skip it!
• Once the brownies have cooled for at least 30 minutes, slice into squares, and enjoy!