When you want to serve chocolate in the form of small, tender, ready-to-bite chunks, there is nothing quite like fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate brownies. Here are a couple of recipes for making delicious fluffy chocolate brownies, to take care of all your wishes.
Ingrediants
Ingredients for Classic Chocolate Brownies
- 225 gr of sugar
- 50 gr of sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt. Note: If you use salted butter, don't use salt.
- 1/2 Teaspoon of yeast
- 100 gr of bitter chocolate, finely chopped.
- 113 grams of unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 Teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of walnuts, toasted
- Powdered sugar (to taste)
Ingredients for Chewy Chocolate Brownies
- 3/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup of flour, sifted
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon of yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 3/4 Cup of butter, melted
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 Teaspoons of vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar (to taste)
Caramel Brownies
- 1 Pack of mix for German chocolate cake with pudding
- 3/4 Cup of melted butter
- 1/3 cup of condensed milk
- 1 Cup of chopped walnuts (optional)
- 340g packaged, unwrapped caramel or caramel sauce
- 1 cup of not too bitter chocolate chips
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Ingredients for Classic Chocolate Brownies
Step 1. Do the prep work
Put the oven grill in half and heat it to 180 degrees.
Butter the pan, making sure to cover all corners
Step 2. Mix the dry ingredients
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Step 3. Prepare the chocolate
In a medium-sized saucepan or in a bain-marie saucepan, slowly melt the chocolate and butter, until well combined. Stir occasionally. When done, remove from heat.
Step 4. Add the sugar
Add the sugar by putting a few tablespoons at a time in the chocolate mixture and mix well.
Step 5. Add the beaten eggs to the mixture
Beat well with a whisk, then add the vanilla. Beat until the mixture is well blended, then pour everything into the pan.
Step 6. Bake for about 30 minutes
Check if it's ready by inserting a toothpick in the center. If it comes out moist, then the brownies aren't ready yet. If it comes out dry, take it out of the oven. To get the perfect brownies, a few crumbs should remain attached to the toothpick! The outside will be crisp, while the inside will remain soft.
Step 7. Let them cool on a wire rack for about an hour or two
If you want, you can cover them with powdered sugar and toasted walnuts.
Step 8. Enjoy your meal
Method 2 of 3: Ingredients for Chewy Chocolate Brownies
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 150 ° C
Grease a pan with room temperature butter. Sprinkle a small amount of flour on the greased bowl to cover the entire surface.
Get a cake pan that is large enough. Brownies are usually flat, which means you should choose a rather large cake pan. If you use a small cake pan you will need to keep it in the oven longer
Step 2. Melt the butter over low heat
Otherwise put it in the microwave and let it melt completely. Let it cool down.
Step 3. Add the rest of the wet ingredients and the sugar
Add the sugar, making it mix completely. Add the vanilla extract and eggs, whisking everything together to mix.
Step 4. In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients
Combine the cocoa powder, flour, salt and baking powder.
Mix the dry ingredients well before combining them with the others, so that it will take less time to mix everything together. The less you work the mixture the fluffier and softer the brownies will be
Step 5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture
Stir until combined well.
Step 6. Pour the mixture into the greased, flour-covered pan
Spread it all over the surface.
Step 7. Bake for 30 minutes
Test the toothpick to see if it's ready. Let the brownies cool for at least 10 minutes.
Step 8. Once the brownies have cooled, cover them with a sprinkle of powdered sugar
Step 9. Cut the brownies and enjoy your meal
Method 3 of 3: Caramel Brownies
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C
Grease a pan with room temperature butter. Sprinkle a little flour on the greased pan to cover the entire surface.
Step 2. Melt the butter over low heat
Otherwise, melt the butter by putting it in the microwave until it melts completely. Let it cool down.
Step 3. Once the butter has cooled, mix it with the condensed milk
These will be your wet ingredients.
Step 4. Mix the cake mix with the wet ingredients
Work the mixture just enough to mix everything, but make sure that the mixture is very homogeneous.
Step 5. Pour 2/3 of the mixture into the greased pan
Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top.
Step 6. Bake at 180 ° C for 8 - 10 minutes
Step 7. Meanwhile, melt the caramel over medium heat and add the remaining condensed milk
Step 8. Remove the brownies from the oven after 8 - 10 minutes
Pour all the caramel sauce over the brownies and cover with the rest of the mixture. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on the surface.
Step 9. Cook for another 15 to 18 minutes
Let the brownies cool. Cut and enjoy your meal!
Advice
- Try adding white chocolate or chocolate chips to the mixture.
- Add walnuts on top of the mixture before cooking or when cooked, but do not mix them into the mixture: the walnuts will cook and become mushy.
Warnings
- Don't cook too long. Too little time and the brownies will be sticky. Too long and they will be dry and cake-like.
- Make sure you know the actual oven temperature - too hot or too cold and your brownies (and any other baked goods) won't cook properly.
