Fudge Brownies
If you've got unsalted butter, granulated sugar and cocoa powder, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and saucepan. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (1)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 175 C (350 F) and line an 8-inch square baking tin with parchment paper, leaving an overhang for easy lifting.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat, then remove it from the heat and whisk in the sugar and cocoa powder until smooth and glossy.
- Allow the mixture to cool for a few minutes, then beat in the eggs one at a time along with the vanilla essence until the batter is thick and shiny.
- Add the flour and salt and fold them in gently with a spatula just until no dry streaks remain, taking care not to overmix.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared tin and spread it into an even layer with the spatula.
- Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, until the top is set and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out with a few moist crumbs rather than wet batter.
- Let the brownies cool completely in the tin before lifting them out and cutting into squares for clean, fudgy slices.
You'll use: Oven · Saucepan · Pan · Whisk
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
Tips & common questions
How long does Fudge Brownies take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 7 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Fudge Brownies vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Fudge Brownies is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Fudge Brownie and Green Tea Whipping.jpg by Andy Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.