I know I said when I made these that I would probably never try a new brownie recipe again.
But the thing is, I have recently become obsessed with brownies, and find myself craving them much more than I have been craving cookies. Which for me, is really really weird.
So after making the ultimate brownies 4 times in the last month or so, I decided I wanted to find an equally amazing brownie recipe that just had cocoa in it, instead of 2 blocks of dark chocolate.
Actually, that isn’t entirely true. Really, I just saw these brownies on Hungry Girl por Vida and they looked so delicious that I wanted to make them right away. I just wanted them in my face, like, right then and there, and I figured that having a good cocoa brownie recipe under my belt couldn’t be a bad thing.
So make them right away I did.
And they absolutely did not disappoint.
My mum went as far to say that these brownies are perfect, in their texture and their flavour. They aren’t as creamy as the ultimate recipe that uses all that dark chocolate, but they certainly are decadent, chewy, fudgy and rich.
Possibly a new favourite?
I loved these, and I hope you do too.
- 150g unsalted butter, cubed (5.4 oz)
- 1¼ cups sugar
- ¾ cup cocoa
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup plain flour
- ⅓ cup milk chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 170 C (325 F) and grease and line an 8x8 pan with baking paper.
- Put the unsalted butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Once it melts, add the sugar, cocoa, salt and vanilla.
- Stir every so often, until the mixture combined.
- Remove the bowl from the heat. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon or spatula between each addition.
- Add the flour and mix it in until it clears. Then beat the mixture vigorously for 40 strokes. Stir through the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until the center is set and a toothpick inserted has moist crumbs. Serves 9 - 12.
- Happy baking!
Adapted from Alice Medrich’s Pure Dessert.