Best Chocolate Brownie Recipe

best chocolate brownie recipe

One American invented snack food or dessert is known as the chocolate brownie or a brownie. It looks like a bar or a semi-flat square, which is made up of chocolate. It is baked in a sheet pan and looks somewhat like a dense chocolate cake. Chocolate brownies are mostly eaten with coffee or milk. The density of the brownies varies from fudge to cake like. They may also have various ingredients and toppings like cream cheese, frosting, nuts and chocolate chips. At times they are also served hot topped with whipped cream or ice cream.

History of brownies

One of America’s favorite treats, the brownie was born in the U.S. A. Though similar to cake and also baked in a cake pan, the brownie is categorized as a cookie instead of a cake. There are a variety of recipes both fudge types and cake types. The brownie received its name because of the dark brown color. It was first made in the early 20th century. The first chocolate brownie recipe was published in 1906 by Fannie Merritt Farmer, America’s most popular cookbook author.

Chocolate brownie recipe

Chocolate brownie with chocolate icing and pecans
Cook Time: 25 min

Ingredients

Butter-4 ounces, Cocoa-1/4 cup, Eggs-3, Sugar-1 cup, Flour-1 cup, Baking powder-1 teaspoon, Chopped pecans-1 cup, Vanilla- 1 teaspoon

Method

Take a baking pan 8×8-inch, and grease it with flour. Melt the butter with cocoa in a small saucepan. Start beating the eggs until it becomes foamy and then slowly add sugar to it and beat it altogether. Take the egg mixture and add butter-cocoa mixture to it. Mix baking powder and flour and then sift half of it into the batter. Take the remaining flour and mix pecans in it and add together with the cake batter. Stir it slowly so that it blends properly. Finally add vanilla to it. Now spread the batter into the baking pan and bake it in the oven at 350 degrees. Bake for about twenty to twenty five minutes