Homemade Brownies From Scratch

5 from 3 votes

These Homemade Brownies From Scratch are so easy to make and a simple modification in the recipe allows you to get cakey or fudgy brownies!

Prep Time20

Cook Time40

Total Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: brownies, cakey brownies, fudgy brownies, homemade brownies

Servings: brownies

Calories: 266kcal

Preheat the oven to 350°
Grease your baking pan (I used an 8x8)
Chop the walnuts and set aside
Melt the butter
Add the cooking oil and sugar to the melted butter and stir
Add the eggs, melted bittersweet chocolate, vanilla essence, coffee and mix well
Add the salt, baking powder, flour and dutch process cocoa and mix well
Stir in the chopped nuts, pour into your baking tin and bake for 30-40 minutes (SEE NOTE)

Preheat the oven to 350°
Grease your baking pan (I used an 9x9) (SEE NOTE)
Melt the butter
Add the cooking oil and sugar to the melted butter and stir
Add the eggs, melted bittersweet chocolate, vanilla essence, coffee and mix well
Add the salt, baking powder, flour and dutch process cocoa and mix well
Pour into your baking tin and bake for 30 minutes (SEE NOTE)

Bittersweet Chocolate - Chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt slowly over a double boiler to insure the chocolate melts evenly and does not burn. If you don't have a double boiler you can melt the chocolate at 10 second increments in your microwave. Remember that slow is better when handling chocolate.
Coffee - You can use ¼ cup of leftover brewed coffee or mix 1 teaspoon of instant coffee with ¼ cup of water to get the desired quantity. Coffee really helps enhance the flavor of chocolate and it's an old hack my mother taught me that I religiously use.
Baking Times - Since there is variation in ovens and bakeware, I always start checking my baked goods about 5-10 minutes before the time stipulated in a recipe. This insures perfect results.
Servings and Calories - The Number of brownies in the servings and the calorie count reflect two batches of cooked brownies, cakey and fudgy, so if you opt to make only one type these numbers will vary.