I'll be honest: even as a food editor and someone who loves to cook, I prefer boxed brownies. I've tried countless homemade brownie recipes and haven't found one I like more than my go-to Ghirardelli ...

I've continued making brownies since then, both at home and in professional kitchens but, over time, I forgot about my abandoned mission. Reading a post in the baking subreddit about the fudgiest, ...

Katharine Hepburn's recipe changes that. Here's what I thought of her brownies, and our Test Kitchen's best tips for making them yourself. Katharine's recipe is just about as easy as a mix.