Vegan Brownies

pollen's Note:

My sister used to bake these every day to sell at a cafe at school. I often bring these to vegetarian/vegan potlucks because they are quick and everyone seems to really like them. Please note - these are pretty good, but the other vegan brownie recipe I have posted (Recipe #25230) is way better!! (I think).

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12-16

Yield: 1.0 pan

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup nuts (optional)
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

1. Cook water and 1/2 cup of the flour over low heat, stirring constantly, until it reaches the consistency of a gluey paste (yum).
2. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
3. Mix sugar, salt, vanilla, cocoa powder and vegetable oil, and then add the flour-water mixture.
4. Mix well.
5. Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups of flour, plus the baking powder and nuts/chocolate chips.
6. Spread mixture into a greased 11x7-inch pan.
7. Bake at 350ºF for 25 minutes, or until knife inserted into center of pan comes out clean.

Reviews

[Anu]

I made these this evening, and they're fantastic!! Gooey, sweet, and so chocolatey! I had all the ingredients at home, and the fact the recipe was egg-free made it all the better! I used only 1/4 cup of oil (no reason, just a genuine error on my part), and the end mixture was reallllly sticky and kinda hard to spread on the pan, but in the end, it turned out great! Thanks pollen!

[Mist Runner's]

I tried this and the Brownies were very dry.

[Lanie J]

I used Earth balance Vegan "butter" instead of oil, but otherwise followed the recipe....in the end, they looked good, but they tasted like flour.