If you have a sweet tooth or love baking, brownies are one of those desserts that make a regular appearance on your kitchen counter. Some of you might like your brownies cakey, while others (like myself) would kill for an ooey, gooey, fudgy piece. For those who like the latter, it's highly likely that you already have some tricks to making your brownies extra fudgy, but Alton Brown's hack completely changes the game.

The trick doesn't involve any secret ingredients -- it's all about the baking process itself, which in this case is the double bake method. Alton's recipe requires the brownies to bake for 15 minutes before being completely removed from the oven for another 15. The brownies are then baked for another 30 minutes, or until the middle reaches 195 degrees Fahrenheit. The reason this works so well is because taking the brownies out to rest ensures that the outer edges don't dry out while giving time for the center to firm up. It avoids the common brownie disaster of some parts being burnt while the middle is still raw. Alton's method is a sure way to gooey and fudgy brownies with minimal effort.