• I made Ina Garten's outrageous brownies, the most popular dessert from her Barefoot Contessa store. • Garten said the brownies were such a hit that she would sell "like a thousand" every week. • The brownies were really easy to make, and they were deliciously rich and decadent.

As a longtime "Barefoot Contessa" fan, I've been making my way through Ina Garten's desserts to improve my baking skills.

Her mocha-chocolate icebox cake remains one of my favorite homemade desserts, and my family still talks about her iconic Beatty's Chocolate Cake.

So, naturally, next on the list had to be her outrageous brownies.

Garten left a job at the White House to run Barefoot Contessa, working 18-hour days to turn it into a success in the Hamptons. She ran the store for nearly two decades, and her

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