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Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Published: Nov 4, 2010 · Modified: Dec 3, 2025 by nags · This post may contain affiliate links · 51 Comments

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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}

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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.

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Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe

nags
Easy Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe, a basic recipe to make brownies at home with ingredients most likely already available in your pantry.
4.97 from 31 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Dessert
Cuisine International
Servings 12 squares

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.
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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.
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  1. Sarah

    December 28, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    5 stars
    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 05, 2017 at 7:22 pm

    4 stars
    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 09, 2017 at 10:43 am

      thank you keerthi! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Lakshmi Jothi

    April 16, 2013 at 5:03 am

    5 stars
    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 04, 2013 at 9:53 am

    5 stars
    hai....am knew to ur blog...tried these brownies!!!came out vry tasty

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      April 07, 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

    5 stars
    Hi Nags, This was exactly what I was looking for. You are doing a wonderful job. Your pictures make me want to cook up and eat everything

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

    September 07, 2012 at 7:25 am

    5 stars
    tried .... taste was good..

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