Easy Homemade Chocolate Brownies recipe will help you to understand the difference between the original brownie and moist cakes. This recipe will be your favorite, especially when you crave sweets with chocolate as the main ingredient!
Hello sweeties! Today, we are going to share the original chocolate brownies recipe with you. Nowadays, many people confuses moist cakes with brownie. We want to change this common misunderstanding and give you the real brownie base.
How to Make the Original Chocolate Brownies?
To start with preparing the base, you should mix the eggs and sugar very well so that sugar will melt completely. It’s very important that this blend will have a great, thick form. In another bowl, melt the chocolate. You should use dark chocolate, certainly with more than 60% cocoa ratio. Darker cocoa means the better brownie becomes. After the chocolate melts, add the butter while the chocolate is still warm, so the butter will melt down. Before you add the chocolate and butter mixture into blend, be sure that it is not hot. Otherwise, eggs will be curdled by the heat of chocolate and the form of the base will change. We definitely do not want this to happen. That’s why every ingredient should be at room temperature for this recipe. Once you mix these two blends together with a mixer at low speed for short time, chocolate will be ready. It should look shiny, smooth and soft.
Use a sieve to add flour and cocoa powder. At this point, we added a package of vanillin powder but you can also add vanilla extract before adding the powders. Lastly, add the salt and start mixing it from bottom to top with a spatula. Using spatula will prevent our brownie to turn into a cake, but instead inside will stay wetter. After mixing all ingredients together, our original brownie base will be ready.
Oil the bakeware. Put a baking paper in and oil it too so we can remove the brownie easily. If you want to have thick pieces of brownies, you can use small size bakewares. We used medium size so the pieces will look either thin or thick, but as usual. Add the brownie base into bakeware. Do not expect it to rise like a cake, because this is a brownie recipe.
Bake the brownie for 25 minutes. Baking more than 30 minutes means you will have a cake, not a brownie so pay attention to the time. It should be crust outside, soft and wet inside. If you see a layer on top, that means you did everything right. Once you get it out of oven, let it rest until it reaches the room temperature. Start slicing it and you will see the original, real brownie. We believe, this easy homemade chocolate brownies recipe will be the best one you have ever tried. Check it out!
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 240 grams sugar
- 320 grams dark chocolate (at least 60% cocoa ratio)
- 125 grams butter (at room temperature
- 25 grams of cacao powder
- 93 grams flour
- 1 pack of vanillin powder / 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Whisk the eggs and sugar well in a bowl. Once the sugar melts completely, set this mixture aside.
- In another bowl, melt the chocolate. Before the chocolate gets cold, add the butter and let it melt down. Wait for this mixture to reach at room temperature so when you add it into eggs and sugar blend, eggs will not change their form.
- Combine the two mixtures well. You can use a mixer at low speed. You don’t need to mix for long time.
- Use a sieve to add flour, cocoa powder, vanillin powder and salt.
- Start mixing all ingredients together from bottom to top with a spatula. This process can take time but the result will worth it.
- Oil the bakeware, set the baking paper and oil the paper too. So the paper will stick to the bakeware, and it will be easy to remove the brownie out.
- Bake the brownie at 180 °C (356 °F) for 25 minutes.
- Set the brownie aside and let it cool down until it reaches the room temperature.
- Slice it, and serve it with your favorite toppings, such as grated white chocolate, ice cream or chocolate sauces.
Notes
- Before adding the chocolate into eggs and sugar mixture, be sure that the chocolate is not hot. Otherwise, eggs may curdle, and blend will change its form.
- Do not rush while mixing the ingredients with spatula. Do it slowly.
- Do not expect it to rise like a cake.
- Be cautious about the time. Baking more than 30 minutes means you will have a simple cake, not a real brownie.