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Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe

March 8, 2016 51 Comments

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}

easy basic chocolate brownie recipe

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.

4.5 from 2 reviews
Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe
 
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Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
1 hour
 
Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe, a basic recipe to make brownies at home with ingredients most likely already available in your pantry.
Author: nags
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: International
Serves: 12 squares
Ingredients
  • ½ 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
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened baking cocoa powder
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • A pinch of salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F / 180. Grease a 9" square baking pan.
  2. Heat the butter on low flame until just melted (use the microwave, or stovetop works just fine too). Stir in the sugar and vanilla.
  3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the cocoa; beat well until well blended.
  4. Finally, add the flour, baking powder and salt; beat well.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan
  6. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the pan sides.
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easy basic chocolate brownie recipe
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-proofΒ eggless brownie recipe.
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By nags Filed Under: Brownies & Bars, Chocolate

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  1. Sarah

    December 28, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    This recipe never fails each time I bake.. Thank you for the perfect recipe

    Reply
    • nags

      January 10, 2018 at 4:24 pm

      yay! thanks

      Reply
  2. keerthi

    January 5, 2017 at 7:22 pm

    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 😊

    Reply
    • nags

      January 9, 2017 at 10:43 am

      thank you keerthi! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. Lakshmi Jothi

    April 16, 2013 at 5:03 am

    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!

    Reply
  4. aneesa F

    April 4, 2013 at 9:53 am

    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

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      April 7, 2013 at 6:35 am

      it's hard to troubleshoot issues like this online.. i can't say what exactly went wrong..

      Reply
  5. Kanchana

    October 21, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    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 πŸ™‚

    I have been checking out your blog for about again 2 weeks now πŸ™‚ You are doing a wonderful job. Your pictures make me want to cook up and eat everything.
    Cheers,
    Kanchana

    Reply
  6. Lohya's katta.....

    September 7, 2012 at 7:25 am

    tried …. taste was good.. can't say awesome… thoda jala diya tha na πŸ˜‰ ;)…..no doubt my mistake…. bt realy easy n good recipe…. will try more … thankx πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

    Reply
  7. harkejuice

    July 18, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    Hi, I made these but I put in 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1/2 of light brown sugar. I also used dutch process cocoa since its what I had on hand, they came out a bit cakier but great.

    Reply
  8. Frank

    July 7, 2012 at 8:42 pm

    thank you for your simple recipe.. you made our(family) night awesome!? God bless you..

    Reply
  9. Jyothi

    March 5, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Tried out your recipe yesterday and it was awesome. Have been asked to have a brownie stall at a carnival this weekend and that's why I was trying out different recipes. Just wondered if I need to make around 150 of them, will multiplying the figures above be ok to make in two batches or should I do lots of small batches? By how much have you multiplied the above figures when you've made large batches?
    As a first timer on your site loved the ease and result of the recipe. Thanks, Jyothi

    Reply
  10. raaf

    February 2, 2012 at 8:45 am

    nags
    your recipes are real nice but it would help.a lit of.u could mention the ingredients in grams and.mls as well thanks

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      February 4, 2012 at 2:02 am

      i usually prefer to measure in cups because it's easier. you can find many online conversion sites that will help you convert cups into ml and grams.

      Reply
  11. Nagalakshmi V

    January 30, 2012 at 6:03 am

    Thank you nithi. these are made each time i need to whip up some easy, basic chocolate brownies πŸ™‚

    Reply
  12. Nithi

    January 29, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    hi nag… this recipe was very easy and the results were fabulous… πŸ™‚ I surprised everyone with this yummy recipe… good going gal…

    Reply
  13. Nags

    October 10, 2011 at 7:43 am

    manjima, so good to hear from you and glad to see you are baking!! πŸ™‚ i don't exactly remember the texture of the brownies in the hyd office although i am sure i have eaten them many times. i think you want the crumbly brownie and not the fudgy ones. try this link and you may find it useful. the basic ingredients are the same, just depends on quantity and process used. http://www.finecooking.com/articles/how-to/brownies-chewy-cakey-fudgy.aspx

    Reply
  14. Manjima

    October 3, 2011 at 7:00 pm

    Nags, I am on a baking spree and have been looking at many recipes for brownies, but the ones I find in allrecipes.com are for the fudgy ones which most people like. I wanna make ones that taste just like the ones in our Hyd office. The last set I made was tasty but more like cake and way too soft for brownies. I thought I'd check with you for some tips before trying out yours. Hope yours take me back to the ones I have in mind!!

    Reply
  15. Ramya

    June 19, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Hi Nags…I made this brownie today for Father's Day party at home..I served it with vanilla ice cream and all the guests really loved it…Thanks for this simple and delicious recipe..

    Ramya of Ramyasrecipe

    Reply
  16. sums

    April 16, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    Thanks for the tip! πŸ™‚
    will check it out!

    Reply
  17. sums

    April 14, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    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! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  18. Nags

    April 15, 2011 at 1:12 am

    Thank you sums πŸ™‚

    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.

    Reply
  19. Divya Kudua

    March 31, 2011 at 7:34 am

    Thank you so much for sending these to my event Nags!

    Reply
  20. cookcurrynook

    December 4, 2010 at 4:07 am

    Thanks so much for being a part of the Chocolate Fest, as part of Cook-curry Nook's 1st Anniversary celebrations! Hope you had a rollicking time preparing all those chocolate goodies and devouring them. The winner of the giveaway will be announced shortly, along with the round-up. Keep those fingers crossed! May lady luck be with you πŸ™‚

    Cheers
    Madhuri

    Reply
  21. Nags

    November 22, 2010 at 8:52 am

    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.

    Reply
  22. nish

    November 12, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    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

    Reply
  23. Akila

    November 6, 2010 at 11:08 am

    lovely recipe…

    Reply
  24. Baljeet sidhu

    November 6, 2010 at 9:13 am

    Hiii…Nags…made it …did not want to go wrong so got unsalted butter …and the result …SUPER :))

    Reply
  25. nimi

    November 6, 2010 at 6:21 am

    Happy Diwali Nags !
    Brownies look very tempting. hmm… should wait for some more time, to be able to make them πŸ™‚

    Reply
  26. Baljeet Sidhu

    November 6, 2010 at 1:25 am

    Happy Diwali ….This is yummy …Nags …if dont have unsalted butter can i use normal ???Cant wait have to try …..

    Reply
  27. Ally

    November 5, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    will try this version and let you know how this turns out….

    Reply
  28. nish

    November 5, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    its happily baking in my oven RIGHT THIS MOMENT…my first try at Brownies but I do love them so πŸ™‚

    Reply
  29. Nags

    November 6, 2010 at 1:40 am

    Unsalted butter is preferred but really, you cant go wrong with this brownie recipe, it's that simple. try with salted butter and let me know how it turned out πŸ™‚

    Reply
  30. Soma

    November 5, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    Happy Diwali Nags to u and family!

    Reply
  31. PJ

    November 5, 2010 at 7:06 am

    Dear Nags,Wishing You and Your Family a very happy Diwali πŸ™‚

    Lovely brownie!!

    Reply
  32. Nitha

    November 5, 2010 at 4:09 am

    Happy Diwali.. Brownie looks yumm…

    Reply
  33. Kalyani

    November 5, 2010 at 12:47 am

    Looks yummy & happy Diwali ………

    Reply
  34. Home Cooked Oriya Food

    November 5, 2010 at 12:35 am

    wow! Happy Diwali…

    Reply
  35. Mangala Bhat

    November 4, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    wow! My Fav! Happy Deepavali

    Reply
  36. Hari Chandana

    November 4, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    Wowww.. Looks amazing and tempting πŸ™‚

    Reply
  37. s

    November 4, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    oh wow..a recipe that sounds soo simple ..it def sounds like a keeper..will try it out and let u know!

    Reply
  38. Anonymous

    November 4, 2010 at 10:58 am

    Nags, Ive always liked your simple recipes that I can jot down and make. However, you sometimes dont mention if its unsalted or salted butter, if its sweetened or unsweetened cocoa powder and even if its granulated or caster sugar.. i believe all these things does make a diff to the recipe. thnks..

    Reply
  39. suma

    November 4, 2010 at 9:15 am

    Am putting on weight just virtually devouring the chocolaty goodness here and all the Diwali sweets desserts floating around..Sigh!!

    Fabulous Nags!!

    Reply
  40. Priya

    November 4, 2010 at 8:28 am

    Absolutely delectable, am drooling here..

    Reply
  41. Paaka Shaale

    November 4, 2010 at 7:57 am

    yummy brownies. I'm actually drooling here

    Reply
  42. sangeeta

    November 4, 2010 at 7:07 am

    Nags … i have always found taking a picture of brownie most difficult . I make many variations of brownie ..ranging from fudge to cake but never have got a decent pic and now i have given up . This is one thing i bake regularly for my husband'e sweet tooth as well as for gifting . As a photography pro you should include tips to photograph a brownie .. I am not going to praise the recipe as your blog is always a resource for good ones.

    Reply
  43. Mriganayani

    November 4, 2010 at 6:55 am

    Thank you. Very Kind of you.

    I'll just have a short word with them – and then send them on their way!

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      January 27, 2013 at 1:04 am

      WHAT!!!

      Reply
  44. Mriganayani

    November 4, 2010 at 6:31 am

    Its almost midnight here – but I do have all these ingredients with me now – and I'm tempted to actually make them coz your picture makes me want to eat these like now…

    Nothing like a warm brownie with a cold glass of milk.

    Can you ask these to stop over at my place before heading to Mads' choco fest!

    Reply
  45. Nags

    November 4, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    very fair point. I have updated the post now πŸ™‚

    Reply
  46. Nags

    November 4, 2010 at 6:36 am

    of course they can stop over at your place, they can always stop over at your place! πŸ™‚

    Reply

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