How To Make The Best Chocolate Brownies In 10 Easy Steps

Square or rectangular chocolate baked confections are known as brownies, squares, or simply brownies. Depending on their density, brownies can take on a range of shapes and textures, ranging from cakey to fudgy. Nuts, icing, cream cheese, chocolate chips, and other items could be present. Blond brownies or blondies are a version made with brown sugar and vanilla instead of chocolate in the batter. The brownie was created in the US at the end of the 19th century, and throughout the first half of the 20th century, it gained popularity in both the US and Canada.

Sheet cake is a type of brownie. They are frequently consumed with milk, served warm with ice cream (a la mode), topped with whipped cream, or dusted with powdered sugar and fudge. They are usually eaten by hand. They are typical homemade delicacies in North America and are well-liked at eateries and coffee shops.

Ingredients & Tools

• 185g best dark chocolate
• 185g unsalted butter
• 85g plain flour
• 3 large eggs
• 40g cocoa powder
• 275g golden caster sugar
• 50g white chocolate
• 50g milk chocolate

Step-By-Step Method

STEP 1

• Cut 185g of unsalted butter into small cubes and add to a medium basin.
• Smallen 185g of dark chocolate and pour it into the bowl.

STEP 2

• Set the bowl on top of the pan so it rests on the rim and is not in contact with the water.
• Fill a small saucepan with hot water until it is approximately a fourth full.
• Put in low heat, stirring regularly, until the butter and chocolate have melted.

STEP 3

• Take the bowl out of the pan.
• Alternately, wrap the bowl loosely in cling film and microwave it for 2 minutes on High.
• Keep the melted mixture at room temperature to cool.

STEP 4

• Set a shelf in the center of your oven and preheat it to 180°C/160°C/fan/gas 4 while you wait for the chocolate to cool.

STEP 5

• Create a square of non-stick baking paper to line the base of a 20 cm square shallow baking pan.
• Add 40g of cocoa powder and 85g of plain flour to a sieve that is being held over a medium bowl.
• If there are any lumps, remove them by tapping and shaking the sieve until they all pass through together.

STEP 6

• On a board, roughly chop 50g each of milk chocolate and white chocolate.

STEP 7

• Pour 275g of golden caster sugar and 3 large eggs into a large bowl.
• Whisk the eggs and sugar at high speed with an electric mixer.
• They will resemble a thick, creamy milkshake.
• Depending on how powerful your mixer is, this could take 3 to 8 minutes.
• The mixture will be ready when it gets extremely pale and has roughly doubled in volume.
• Turning off the mixer, removing the beaters, and jiggling them back and forth are additional checks.
• You know you’re there when the mixture that runs off the beaters forms a brief trail on the surface of the mixture in the bowl.

STEP 8

• Use a rubber spatula to gently fold the eggy mousse and cooled chocolate mixture together.
• Insert the spatula at one side, take it below, bring it up to the other side, and then insert it once more in the center.
• When the two ingredients are combined and the color is a mottled dark brown, continue folding in a figure-eight pattern, turning the bowl around after each fold so you can access it from all sides.
• Be as slow as gentle as you wish; the goal is to marry them without bursting the bubble.

STEP 9

• Resift the cocoa and flour mixture by swaying the sieve from side to side while holding the sieve over the bowl containing the eggy chocolate mixture to cover the top evenly.

STEP 10

• Apply the same figure-eight folding motions to this powder as you did before.
• If you continue working extremely softly and gradually, the mixture will eventually seem gungy and fudgy. At first, it will appear dry and dusty and seem a little unpromising.
• You don’t want to overdo this mixing, so stop just before you feel you should.

STEP 11

• Add the white and milk chocolate chunks and stir until evenly distributed.

STEP 12

• Utilizing the spatula to scrape every last bit of the mixture from the basin, pour it into the prepared tin.
• Spread the mixture evenly across the surface of the tin by gently pushing it into the corners and leveling the top with a spatula.

STEP 13

• Set your timer for 25 minutes and place in the oven.
• As soon as the buzzer sounds, open the oven, pull the shelf out a little, and shake the pan gently.
• The brownie isn’t quite done if the center wobbles, so slide it back in and bake it for an additional 5 minutes, or until the top has a beautiful, papery crust and the sides are just starting to separate from the pan.
• Remove from the oven.

STEP 14

• If you’re using a brownie tin, push up the overhanging rim just a little and slip the uncut brownie out on its base after letting everything cool completely in the tin.
• When removing the brownie from a regular tin, use the foil to help you.
• Divide into quarters, then divide each quarter into four squares, and finally divide each square into triangles.

STEP 15

• They can be frozen for up to a month, and they’ll keep for around two weeks in an airtight container.