Salted Caramel Brownies

Imagine your most thick, dense, fudgy, rich, beautifully underbaked brownie. Now imagine it studded with soft caramel. Not like a sickly-sweet caramel. A just-right, flavor-rich, soft, silky caramel. That you made yourself, cause you’re a boss, duh. Now imagine that the sticky tops of the caramel pools on top of your brownies are not only oozing with love from the sides of the adorable Pinterest-level heart-cut-outs, but that they are also speckled with delicate, flakey sea salt. It screams for a glass of milk or a latte, complete with candles and pajamas. And by pajamas I definitely mean sweatpants and t-shirts from 10th grade softball camp. No need to make this into a whole fancy thing.

Ingredients:

Yummy Homemade Caramel:

1/2 cup sugar

4 tablespoons salted butter

3 tablespoons heavy cream

pinch of salt

Fudgy Thick Brownies:

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate (one bar)

1 stick salted butter (8 tablespoons)

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup flour

pinch of salt