This is a very straightforward chocolate brownies recipe. You can pimp it up with some coffee powder1, a few salt flakes on top, any kind of nuts, chocolate chunks, etc. The world is your chocolate-flavored oyster!

Ingredients (8 slices):

  • 100 grams of flour
  • 37 grams of cocoa powder
  • 125 grams of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional)
  • 100 grams of salted butter

Preparation:

  • mix the flour and cocoa in a bowl
  • add the sugar and mix
  • beat the eggs and add
  • add the vanilla extract
  • melt the butter, add it and mix
  • pour in a pan lined with parchment paper

Cooking:

  • cook 25 to 30 minutes in a 340F (170C) oven
  • let cool in the pan
  • cut into slices before serving (they might be best served the next day for peak flavor and texture)

Credits:

This is my take on Sarah Beeny’s chocolate brownies recipe (with which she beat Gordon Ramsay on British television). I mostly reduced the sugar levels and defaulted to salted butter (which makes everything better).

  1. It is a classic method to increase the chocolate flavor. I highly recommend going overboard and adding 10 grams of finely ground instant coffee to make coffee-flavored brownies. ↩︎