Hello! This is my first recipe post! Yayyyy
Now I know, being gluten free, my first recipe probably be should be gluten free! However, I have been making these brownies for years and have never heard anything negative about them! I am constantly asked about them or told how amazing they are, so its only right I share the recipe with you. It is a quick recipe too with only 10 mins of prep and around 20 mins in the oven, so it is really easy to whip them up.
Now, I will come clean, this is not my own recipe I found it on a website called Cafe Delights where this fabulous lady, Karina, created this recipe! I will link the original recipe below but I have rewritten it here almost exactly for you also, but I have added the tweaks I have made along the way that works for me, like putting Oreos at the bottom of the baking pan before putting the batter in for a funky change (apparently it was delicious!).
Recipe:
Ingredients
- 120g salted butter – melted and hot (I use salted butter so I don’t have to use the salt later)
- 20ml cooking oil (I used vegetable oil)
- 225g caster sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 10ml vanilla extract
- 75g plain flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- plus any additions such as chocolate chips, cookies etc. – Karina offers some additional suggestions at the bottom of the recipe on her site also!
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 175°C (150°C-160°C for fan ovens, I use roughly 155°C to be exact)
- Grease (I use oil) your baking pan (8-inch square tin is recommended, I think mine are bigger so mine come out slightly thinner) and line with baking paper, then set aside.
- Combine the hot melted butter, oil and sugar together in a bowl and whisk well for about a minute. Then add the eggs and vanilla; beat until lighter in colour
- Sift in flour and cocoa powder. This is also where I would add any additions such as chocolate chips or cookie bits etc. just to experiment a bit! Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until JUST combined (don’t over beat as Karina recommends as the texture is affected and I have learned that to be true!).
- Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing the top out evenly. Once this is done, it is also prime opportunity to lick the batter off the spoon and mixing bowl!
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the centre of the brownies in the pan no longer jiggles and is just set to the touch. If testing with a toothpick, the toothpick should come out dirty for fudge-textured brownies.
- Remove and allow to cool to room temperature before slicing into 16 brownies… well I cut mine into 12 as they’re thinner.
Well there you go! I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and my partner’s family enjoy them! I haven’t shared the recipe with anyone before so here’s my not-so secret brownie recipe!
Karina’s original recipe is here: https://cafedelites.com/best-fudgy-cocoa-brownies/#recipe
Please enjoy your time here, you are always welcome here.
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