Best Fudgy Cocoa Brownies
h B t. Fud N W ocoa Brownies! A pecial addition gives these brownies a super fudgy centre without losing
Serv ings
Author
rackly top!
16
Karina – afe Delites
Ingredients
• l/2 cup un alted butter, melt d
• I table poon cooking oil (olive oil or coconut oil are fine)
• I 1/8 cup uperfine sugar (caster sugar)*
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• l/2 cup all purpose ( r plain) fl ur
• 1 /2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• l /4 tea poon salt
Instructions
I. Preheat oven to l 75°C I 350° F.
2. Lightly grea e an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking oil spray. Line with parchment paper (or baking paper);
set aside.
3. ombine melted butter oil and sugar together in a medium-sized bowl. Whisk well for about a minute. Add the
eggs and vanilla· beat until lighter in colour (another minute).
4. Sift in flour cocoa powder and salt. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until JUST combined
( do NOT over beat as doing so well affect the texture of your brownies).
5. Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing the top out evenly. (OPTIONAL: Top with chocolate chunks or
chocolate chips.)
6. 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
(the brownies will keep baking in the hot pan out of the oven). If testing with a toothpick, the toothpick should
come out dirty for fudge-textured brownies.
7. Remove and allow to cool to room temperature before slicing into 16 brownies.
OPTIONAL ADD INS:
1. Crushed walnuts, peanuts, almonds, pecans, etc. Chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, chocolate chunks, dried
fruh ( cranberries, raisins, etc)
Recipe Notes
*Regular white, granulated, sugar can be used if you can’t find caster sugar
TlPS AND TRICKS:
I. Whisk your butter and sugar really well.
2. Beat in your eggs for a good minute. This step is crucial for that crackly top
3. Do NOT over beat your batter once the flour and cocoa powder are added. THAT creates air pockets in the batter whlch
will give you cake-like textured brownies.
4. Do NO T over bake them! I like mine at exactly 21 :30 minutes. You can go a little bit over if you like them set a bit more,
but I don’t recommend it if you’re looking for the fudgiest brownies in this lifetime.
5. I bake my brownies on the top shelf in the oven. I find the middle shelf cooks them a lot faster and dries them out.