Best Best Ever Brownies Recipes

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE BROWNIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut 185g unsalted butter into small cubes and tip into a medium bowl. Break 185g dark chocolate into small pieces and drop into the bowl.
• Fill a small saucepan about a quarter full with hot water, then sit the bowl on top so it rests on the rim of the pan, not touching the water. Put over a low heat until the butter and chocolate have melted, stirring occasionally to mix them.
• Remove the bowl from the pan. Alternatively, cover the bowl loosely with cling film and put in the microwave for 2 minutes on High. Leave the melted mixture to cool to room temperature.
• While you wait for the chocolate to cool, position a shelf in the middle of your oven and turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Using a shallow 20cm square tin, cut out a square of non-stick baking parchment to line the base. Tip 85g plain flour and 40g cocoa powder into a sieve held over a medium bowl. Tap and shake the sieve so they run through together and you get rid of any lumps.
• Chop 50g white chocolate and 50g milk chocolate into chunks on a board.
• Break 3 large eggs into a large bowl and tip in 275g golden caster sugar. With an electric mixer on maximum speed, whisk the eggs and sugar. They will look thick and creamy, like a milk shake. This can take 3-8 minutes, depending on how powerful your mixer is. You'll know it's ready when the mixture becomes really pale and about double its original volume. Another check is to turn off the mixer, lift out the beaters and wiggle them from side to side. If the mixture that runs off the beaters leaves a trail on the surface of the mixture in the bowl for a second or two, you're there.
• Pour the cooled chocolate mixture over the eggy mousse, then gently fold together with a rubber spatula. Plunge the spatula in at one side, take it underneath and bring it up the opposite side and in again at the middle. Continue going under and over in a figure of eight, moving the bowl round after each folding so you can get at it from all sides, until the two mixtures are one and the colour is a mottled dark brown. The idea is to marry them without knocking out the air, so be as gentle and slow as you like.
• Hold the sieve over the bowl of eggy chocolate mixture and resift the cocoa and flour mixture, shaking the sieve from side to side, to cover the top evenly.
• Gently fold in this powder using the same figure of eight action as before. The mixture will look dry and dusty at first, and a bit unpromising, but if you keep going very gently and patiently, it will end up looking gungy and fudgy. Stop just before you feel you should, as you don't want to overdo this mixing.
• Finally, stir in the white and milk chocolate chunks until they're dotted throughout.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin, scraping every bit out of the bowl with the spatula. Gently ease the mixture into the corners of the tin and paddle the spatula from side to side across the top to level it.
• Put in the oven and set your timer for 25 mins. When the buzzer goes, open the oven, pull the shelf out a bit and gently shake the tin. If the brownie wobbles in the middle, it's not quite done, so slide it back in and bake for another 5 minutes until the top has a shiny, papery crust and the sides are just beginning to come away from the tin. Take out of the oven.
• Leave the whole thing in the tin until completely cold, then, if you're using the brownie tin, lift up the protruding rim slightly and slide the uncut brownie out on its base. If you're using a normal tin, lift out the brownie with the foil. Cut into quarters, then cut each quarter into four squares and finally into triangles.
• They'll keep in an airtight container for a good two weeks and in the freezer for up to a month.

THE BEST EVER FUDGE BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt butter or margarine on low heat.
• Remove from heat and in same pan, stir in sugar, eggs and vanilla, stir well.
• Add in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
• Stir in chips and nuts if desired.
• Bake at 350 for approx 25-30 minutes, depending on your oven.
• Do not over-bake.

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 20 x 30cm baking tray tin with baking parchment. Put the chocolate, butter and sugar in a pan and gently melt, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Remove from the heat.
• Stir the eggs, one by one, into the melted chocolate mixture. Sieve over the flour and cocoa, and stir in. Stir in half the raspberries, scrape into the tray, then scatter over the remaining raspberries. Bake on the middle shelf for 30 mins or, if you prefer a firmer texture, for 5 mins more. Cool before slicing into squares. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

BEST-EVER BLOND BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• Add nuts, mix well.
• Melt butter and mix with sugar, stir in eggs and vanilla
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture slowly
• Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan and sprinkle chips on top
• Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

BEST-EVER BUCKEYE BROWNIES!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Combine brownie mix, oil, eggs, and water together in a bowl until batter is smooth; pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of brownies begin to pull away from the sides of pan, 28 to 31 minutes. Remove dish from oven and cool brownies.
• Beat confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl until smooth and creamy; spread over cooled brownies.
• Heat chocolate chips and 6 tablespoons butter together in a saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted, about 5 minutes; spread over peanut butter layer. Cool and cut into squares.

BEST ZUCCHINI BROWNIES EVER

Steps:

• Cream sugar & margarine. Add eggs and vanilla.
• Add remaining ingredients. Stir in shredded zucchini last.
• Spread in a 13 x 9 greased pan. Sprinkle 1 cup chocolate chips on top along with 1 Tbls sugar.
• Bake @ 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.

MOM'S BEST EVER BROWNIES

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT: Oven to 350 degrees F. PREPARE: Baking pan by greasing and flouring 9x13x2-inch pan (or spraying with 'Baker's Joy' nonstick cooking spray).
• 2. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY.
• 3. COMBINE: 2 sticks butter, 1 cup boiling water, and 4 Tbsp Cocoa in small sauce pan and bring to a boil.
• 4. MIX: 2 Cups Sugar, 2 Cups flour, and salt together and add hot mixture.
• 5. DISSOLVE: 1/2 Cup buttermilk and 1 tsp. baking soda together, add 2 eggs. MIX: Well. ADD: Nuts. MIX WELL: All above ingredients together. POUR: Into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes. COOL: Slightly.
• 6. ICING: MEANWHILE: Prepare icing by melting, butter, milk, cocoa together in small sauce pan. ADD: Powdered sugar to thicken. ADD: Vanilla extract. SPREAD: Icing on slightly cooled brownies. SPRINKLE: Nuts over iced brownies. COVER: Until ready to serve. CUT: In squares. SERVE & ENJOY! STORE: Covered leftovers.

THE BEST GLUTEN FREE BROWNIES EVER...SERIOUSLY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9-inch baking pan.
• Toss walnuts and chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon cocoa powder in a bowl until well coated; set aside. Mix tapioca flour, sorghum flour, teff flour, 1/3 cup cocoa powder, xanthan gum, and salt together in a separate bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar together in a separate large bowl until creamy. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until fully incorporated. Fold in nuts and chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges have started to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 25 minutes.

BEST-EVER BOURBON BROWNIES

Steps:

• Grease an 8x8x2-inch baking pan;set aside;Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the 1/3 cup butter, sugar and water; cook and stir over medium heat just until boiling, remove from heat, add the 1 cup of chocolate pieces; stir until chocolate is melted.
• Stir in eggs and vanilla, beating lightly with a spoon until combined; stir in flour, baking soda and salt; stir in pecans.
• Spread batter into prepared pan;Bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes or until edges are set and begin to pull away from the sides of pan.
• Using a fork, prick the warm brownies several times, Drizzle BOURBON evenly over brownies; cool in pan on wire rack.
• For frosting; In a small mixing bowl beat the 3 tablespoons butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for about 30 seconds; gradually add powdered sugar, beating well, slowly beat in 2 teaspoons of the milk and the vanilla; if necessary, beat in remaining milk to reach spreading consistency, spread over brownies;Melt chocolate; drizzle melted chocolate over frosting.

THE BEST EVER VEGAN BROWNIES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line an 8-inch (20 cm) square baking dish with parchment paper.
• Chop the chocolate into ½-inch (1 ¼ cm) pieces. Set aside half and melt the other half in a microwave-safe bowl for 45 seconds.
• Make the flax egg: combine the ground flaxseeds with the water in a small bowl and mix with a fork. Set aside for at least 10 minutes to gel.
• In a medium bowl, add the sugar and vegan butter and whisk until smooth. Then add the vanilla, flax eggs, and melted chocolate and whisk until well-combined.
• Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt and fold with a spatula until all ingredients are combined. Be careful not to overmix. Then, stir in the reserved chocolate pieces.
• Pour the batter into the baking dish and smooth the top with a spatula.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a fork inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool for at least 20 minutes.
• Slice into 9 equal-sized pieces and serve.
• Enjoy!

BEST EVER CHEWY-GOOEY BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a medium pan over low heat combine butter and unsweetened chocolate.
• Stir until melted and well blended.
• Remove from heat.
• Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Add flour and mix well again.
• (these steps are important) Butter an 8 inch square pan.
• Pour in batter, spread evenly and sprinkle on topping of choice, if any.
• Bake in a 350 oven for about 25 min or until center springs back when gently touched.
• Cool on a wire rack, frost with fudge sauce or serve warm with ice cream and sauce poured over top.
• ---------Fudge Sauce--------.
• In a medium saucepan combine whipping cream and chocolate.
• Stir until melted, add vanilla and rum or mint liqueur.
• --------Rocky Road Brownies-------.
• Add 1 cup mini marshmallows to batter and sprinkle top with walnuts.
• -------Butterscotch-pecan-------.
• Omit white sugar in preceding recipe, instead add 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar, omit unsweetened chocolate and increase flour to 1 cup.
• Top with 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• ------Peanut Butter Brownies--------.
• Make preceding recipe reducing butter to 5 Tbsp and omit unsweetened chocolate.
• Insteat add 3/4 cup peanut butter into melted butter.
• Reduce sugar to 1 cup and add 1/4 tsp baking powder.
• Sprinkle batter with 1/2 cup chopped peanuts.
• --------Milk Chocolate brownies---------.
• Make preceding recipe but decrease sugar to 3/4 cup.
• Omit unsweetened chocolate and use 2/3 cup chopped milk chocolate or milk chocolate baking bits.
• Increase flour to 3/4 cup.
• Sprinkle top with 3/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts or hazlenuts chopped.
• --------White Chocolate Brownies--------.
• Make preceding brownie recipe preceding, but decrease butter to 6 Tbsp.
• Omit unsweetened chocolate and use 1 3/4 cups chopped white chocolate or white chocolate baking bits.
• Not using any heat add 1 cup of the chocolate into melted butter.
• Decrease sugar to 1/2 cup and increase vanilla to 1 1/2 tsp.
• Sprinkle batter with remaining white chocolate and 1/2 cup chopped toffee candy.
• Bake for 40 minutes.
• When I refer to preceding recipe I am talking about the original recipe posted-not the optional recipes.
• Enjoy.

BEST EVER DEEP-DISH GOOEY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter the bottom of a 7x11-inch freezer-safe baking pan.
• Melt butter and chocolate in a small pan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Add sugar and remove from heat. Stir in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla extract.
• Combine flour and cocoa powder in a bowl. Add the butter-chocolate mixture and mix thoroughly. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Immediately place brownies in the freezer to lock in the moisture.

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter an 8 by 8-inch square pan and set aside.
• In a small saucepan, melt the butter and bring it to just below a boil. Place the chopped chocolate in a large bowl. Pour in the hot butter and let stand for 30 seconds. Stir until completely melted. Sift in the sugar and cocoa powder. Beat in the mascarpone, eggs, and vanilla, mixing until smooth. Gently fold the flour and salt into the batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and spread evenly. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Spread the warm Ganache over the brownies. Allow the Ganache to set completely before cutting into squares.
• Place the chocolate in a large mixing bowl and set aside. Bring the cream and butter to just below boiling point in a small saucepan over medium heat. Pour the hot mixture over the chocolate and let stand for 30 seconds. Stir the mixture until smooth.
• The ganache should be used for spreading while warm.

BEST-EVER BROWNIES FROM BAKING WITH JULIA CHILD

Steps:

• Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350°. I bake them at a lower oven temp of 330°.
• Sift the flour and salt together; set aside.
• Melt the butter and chocolate together in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently and keeping a watchful eye on the pot to make certain the chocolate doesn't scorch (Alternatively, you can melt the ingredients in the top of a double boiler over, not touching, simmering water.) Add 1 cup of the sugar to the mixture and stir for half a minute, then remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Pour the mixture into a large bowl.
• Put the remaining 1 cup sugar and the eggs into a bowl and mix or whisk by hand just to combine.
• Little by little, pour half of the sugar and eggs into the chocolate mixture, stirring gently but constantly with a rubber spatula so that the eggs don't set from the heat.
• Fit the whisk attachment to the mixer and whip the remaining sugar and eggs until they are thick, pale, and doubled in volume, about 3 minutes.
• Using the rubber spatula, delicately fold the whipped eggs into the chocolate mixture.
• When the eggs are almost completely incorporated, gently fold in the dry ingredients.
• Pour and scrape the batter in to an unbuttered 9-inch square pan.
• Bake the brownies for 22-26 minutes, during which time they will rise a little and the top will turn dark and dry.
• Cut into the center at about the 22-minute mark to see how the brownies are progressing: they'll be perfect if they're just barely set and still pretty gooey.
• They're still awfully good on the other side of set, so don't worry if you miss the moment on your first try.
• Cool the brownies in the pan on a rack.

BEST BROWNIES EVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 15x10 inch baking pan.
• Combine the margarine and the sugar in a large mixing bowl; use an electric mixer to beat until light. Beat in the eggs and vanilla; mix well. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, walnuts, and salt in a large bowl. Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture, mixing just until dry ingredients are incorporated. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake brownies in the preheated oven until the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan, 40 to 45 minutes.

BEST EVER BROWNIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter in 9" x 13" baking pan and place in oven to melt while it is heating. In a medium bowl mix together sugar, cocoa, flour and salt.
• Remove pan from oven when butter is melted and add butter to bowl. With wire whisk blend mixture until evenly combined. Add eggs and vanilla and blend with whisk until all eggs are evenly mixed inches Pour batter into pan (no need to grease-the remaining butter in pan will be enough to remove brownies). Bake for 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few crumbs attached-don't overbake. Cool on a wire rack. Frost with Browned Butter Frosting and drizzle with glaze. Cut into bars.
• For frosting:
• Place butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat until butter begins to bubble and butter turns a light golden brown, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and cool until lukewarm. Add butter, vanilla, powdered sugar and milk. Beat with mixer until light and fluffy. Spread on cooled brownies. Combine cocoa and water in a small zip-lock bag. Knead until thoroughly mixed. Snip a tiny bit off one corner of bag and drizzle contents over frosting.

KATRINA'S BEST-EVER CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Melt cocoa and butter or margarine over low heat. Transfer to mixing bowl, cream together. Add sugar gradually. Blend in eggs one at a time.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir into chocolate mixture. Mix in nuts. Spread batter into a greased 8 inch square pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 - 25 minutes.

THE BEST EASTER CHOCOLATE BROWNIES EVER!

Steps:

• Melt the margarine in a large heatproof bowl in the microwave.
• Add the sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Mix well then beat in the eggs.
• Fold in the sifted flour, baking powder & finally the walnuts if you're using them.
• Pour into a dish (approx 9x13) lined with greased tin foil and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C / 350F for 30-40 minutes (depend on how gooey you like them!).
• Allow to cool completely before icing.
• To make the icing, sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl. Carefully add a little water at a time until you have a nice thick icing.
• Carefully spoon over the brownie and spread out evenly using a pallet knife. Allow the icing to set for a few minutes before adding the sprinkles (so they don't absorb moisture and leach out).
• Score into approx 2" squares using a sharp knife and place a chocolate mini egg in the centre of each square.
• When the icing has set you can then cut the brownie into the squares.
• Store in an airtight container.

BEST-EVER BOURBON BROWNIES

Steps:

• 1. Grease an 8x8x2-inc baking pan, set aside. In medium saucepan, combine butter granulated sugar, and water. Cook and stir over medium heat just until boiling: remove from heat and add the cup of chocolate pieces, stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in eggs and vanilla beating with spoon just until combined.Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and pecans. Poor batter into prepared pan.
• 2. Bake in a 350 degrees oven 20 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan.
• 3. Using a fork, prick the warm brownies several times. Drizzle burbon evenly over brownies, cool in pan on a wire rack.
• 4. For frosting: in small mixing bowl beat with electric mixer: on medium to high spead for 30 seconds. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating wellSlowly beat in milk and vanilla to reach spreading consistency. Spread over brownies, drizzle melted chocolate over frosting. Serve when ready.

BEST EVER BROWNIES - DAIRY FREE

Steps:

• Cream together margarine and sugar.
• Add eggs and vanilla, mix well.
• Sift together flour, salt and baking powder- add to creamed mixture.
• Blend in cocoa powder and add chopped nuts.
• Spread mixture into greased 9-inch square pan.
• Bake for 35 minutes at 350.
• When cool, top with dusting of confectioners sugar.