How To Cut The Perfect Brownie Square

Brownies. Fudgy, chocolate decadence and best when baked from scratch. The problem is I’ve got a beautiful pan of  just baked brownies waiting to be devoured,  I make the first cut and the brownie square sticks to the bottom of the pan.  This is maddening. I  greased the bottom of the pan.  The solution, parchment paper. Makes brownies so easy to remove from the pan.

How To Cut Brownies

This is how I am able to cut the perfect brownie square. Cut a length of parchment paper longer than the width of your pan.  This allows the paper to hang over the edge of the pan, leaving handles.

I never grease my parchment paper although I know several bakers that do. I just haven’t needed to.

I use an 8 inch square pan.

Pour your batter into the pan and bake. Once baked and cooled, lift the brownies out of the pan using the parchment paper handles onto a cutting board.

Tip: Brownies must be cooled completely!

Using a long knife, cut the cooled brownies into 12 equal squares. This is so much easier when I am cutting on a flat surface instead of trying to work inside the pan. They are now perfectly square. Plus no sticking and the pan is crumb free. Easy clean up.

How many brownie squares are in an 8 inch square pan?

The answer is 12. I can get 12 perfect brownie squares from an 8 inch square pan.

I cut 3 equal rows first then cut 4 rows across the the three rows I already cut.

Tip: Don’t drag your knife through the brownies. You must cut using an up and down motion. The last thing you want to do is to tear the brownies into squares.

See how beautiful they are. No smushed brownies here. Ready for some vanilla ice cream.

How do you serve your brownies?