Easy basic chocolate brownie recipe, a recipe for simple chocolate brownies using basic ingredients already in your pantry. I love using chocolate bars while baking and definitely feel like the taste and texture is significantly better when I do. The only thing that I don’t look forward to is the melting of the chocolate, especially if it involves a double-boiler set up.{Check out more brownie recipes here like the eggless biscuit brownies, whole wheat brownies, and twix brownies}
That’s why these brownies are so ideal when you want a fuss-free, easy and yummy snack. The ingredients are most probably lurking in your pantry already and you need less than 20 mins to whip them up before sticking it into the oven.
Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe
Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe, a basic recipe to make brownies at home with ingredients most likely already available in your pantry.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter doesn't have to be room temp, isn't that awesome?
- 1 cup regular white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F / 180. Grease a 9" square baking pan.
- Heat the butter on low flame until just melted (use the microwave, or stovetop works just fine too). Stir in the sugar and vanilla.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the cocoa; beat well until well blended.
- Finally, add the flour, baking powder and salt; beat well.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the pan sides.
There are a dozen different ways you can customize this basic chocolate brownie recipe, that’s why this is the basic brownie recipe. Add orange zest, white chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, let your imagination go wild! I have baked these with some a topping of chocolate ganache and it’s really out of this world. If you prefer an eggless brownie, check out this fail-proof eggless brownie recipe.
I tried this recipe the first time and turned out great. When I tried it out again today though,a part of the brownie was how it should be but a part of it became very hard. Could it be because the batter was not spread evenly in the cooking pan? Or some other reason?
Please advice..
P.S. this blog is awesome..simple but great tasting recipes!Took to baking thanks to you! 🙂
Thank you sums 🙂
I feel the main reason for the brownies not baking properly could be the oven temperature. i am guessing your oven has "hot spots" where its hotter than the rest of it. you can't really control this except making sure all wiring is fine or getting it serviced. using an oven temperature may also help to see what temp your oven is actually at, cuz usually the knobs lie.
Thank you so much for sending these to my event Nags!
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Madhuri
The crust is usually formed by the whites of the eggs you use in the brownie recipe. If you want to completely avoid them, try to just incorporate the eggs and don't beat at all.
I am not sure why doubling the recipe didn't work, it really should. Maybe the pan size was too big. Try using a smaller pan.
Hi,
I tried them twice last week..
1st try: very tasty & hubby happy :)although there was a hard lighter coloured crust which cracked as I cut pieces.Any ideas why the crusting??
2nd try: Doubled proportions…was a disaster!!turned out to be chocolate cookies and the lighter brown crust remained.
Advice pleez
lovely recipe…
Hiii…Nags…made it …did not want to go wrong so got unsalted butter …and the result …SUPER :))
Happy Diwali Nags !
Brownies look very tempting. hmm… should wait for some more time, to be able to make them 🙂
Happy Diwali ….This is yummy …Nags …if dont have unsalted butter can i use normal ???Cant wait have to try …..