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.
This recipe never fails each time I bake.. Thank you for the perfect recipe
yay! thanks
Hi Nags,
I’ve tried this basic brownie and eggless brownies from your blog..Both of them tasted awesome. I’ve made them for an event at my kiddo’s school and received so many compliments. ..thanku so much ????
thank you keerthi! 🙂
Hi Nags,
I tried this Brownie yesterday with some chopped walnuts. It turned out a bit crumbly..i couldn't get neat pieces..i wonder Why! But the taste was jsut out of this world!! Thanks!
hai….am knew to ur blog…tried these brownies!!!came out vry tasty but it turned bit chewy and it crumbled when i sliced them..cud u pls find me out of the mistake…plssssssssss
it's hard to troubleshoot issues like this online.. i can't say what exactly went wrong..
Hi Nags,
This was exactly what I was looking for. I wanted to try the Chocolate Mint Brownie – http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2011/03/chocolate-mint-brownies/ recipe but the proportions mentioned in this recipe seem outrageous (Since I will be the only one hogging them :)) and being entirely new to baking (more like 2 weeks in the business), I was not sure how to change the measurements and your recipe was a GOD send 🙂
I have been checking out your blog for about again 2 weeks now 🙂 You are doing a wonderful job. Your pictures make me want to cook up and eat everything.
Cheers,
Kanchana
tried …. taste was good.. can't say awesome… thoda jala diya tha na 😉 ;)…..no doubt my mistake…. bt realy easy n good recipe…. will try more … thankx 🙂 🙂