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Basic Chocolate Brownie

Basic Chocolate Brownie

Chocolate Brownie Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Baking, Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar 170gm
  • 3/4 Cup White Sugar 170gm
  • 150 gm Butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 3 Eggs
  • 3/4 Cup Plain Flour 150gm
  • 1/3 Cup Cocoa 30gm
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven 170C.
  2. Line a 22cm Square cake pan or large slice tray.
  3. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder.
    Basic Chocolate Brownie Dry ingredients
  4. In a saucepan over medium heat, stir together brown and white sugars with butter until butter is melted.
    Basic Chocolate Brownie melted butter and sugars
  5. Remove from heat and cool 10 minutes.
  6. Whisk in eggs and vanilla.
    Basic Chocolate Brownie Wet ingredients
  7. Add the sifted flour, cocoa and baking powder and whisk until smooth.
    Basic Chocolate Brownie
  8. Pour into lined pan and bake for 35-45 mins or until cooked to your liking. (some people like a gooey brownie I don't)
    Basic Brownie
  9. Cool in pan for 20 minutes, remove from pan and either serve warm or continue cooling on cooling rack.
    Basic Chocolate Brownie
  10. Cut into desired sized pieces (larger for individual dessert, smaller for morning tea/treat size) dust with icing sugar.
    Basic Chocolate Brownie
Thermomix Instructions
  1. Add flour cocoa and baking powder to the bowl and mix 10 sec/speed 5 to sift, set aside.
  2. Add butter and sugars to the bowl, with MC on cook 5 min/80C/speed 2 or until melted.
  3. Allow to cool 10 minutes.
  4. Add eggs and vanilla, mix 10 sec/ speed 3.
  5. Add sifted dry ingredients, mix 30 sec/ speed 3 or until combined.
  6. Pour into prepared tray and bake 35-45 minutes.

Notes

Making this Chocolate Brownie gluten free is as simple as replacing regular flour for gluten free flour and making sure your baking powder is gluten free.
I have made this recipe Gluten and Dairy Free and it was very well received, I replaced the butter with Nuttelex.