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.
oh wow..a recipe that sounds soo simple ..it def sounds like a keeper..will try it out and let u know!
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..
Am putting on weight just virtually devouring the chocolaty goodness here and all the Diwali sweets desserts floating around..Sigh!!
Fabulous Nags!!
Absolutely delectable, am drooling here..
yummy brownies. I'm actually drooling here
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.
Thank you. Very Kind of you.
I'll just have a short word with them – and then send them on their way!
WHAT!!!
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!
very fair point. I have updated the post now 🙂
of course they can stop over at your place, they can always stop over at your place! 🙂