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
- ½ cup unsalted butter doesn't have to be room temp, isn't that awesome?
- 1 cup regular white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup unsweetened baking cocoa powder
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon 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.
Nags
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 🙂
Ally
will try this version and let you know how this turns out....
nish
its happily baking in my oven RIGHT THIS MOMENT...my first try at Brownies but I do love them so 🙂
Soma
Happy Diwali Nags to u and family!
PJ
Dear Nags,Wishing You and Your Family a very happy Diwali, Lovely brownie!!
Nitha
Happy Diwali.. Brownie looks yumm...
Kalyani
Looks yummy & happy Diwali .........
Home Cooked Oriya Food
wow! Happy Diwali...
Mangala Bhat
wow! My Fav! Happy Deepavali
Anonymous
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..