Community Pick
Perfect Chocolate Brownies

-
-
-
-
-
MORE
This is the best brownie recipe I've ever used and I've used several!
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Serves:
- Yields:
- Units:
348
People talking
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup cocoa powder
- 3⁄4 cup shortening
- 2 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup chopped pecans
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9x13" pan.
- Melt shortening in a large saucepan over low heat, then stir in cocoa.
- Remove from heat.
- Mix in sugar and vanilla then mix in eggs one at a time.
- Stir in remaining ingredients then stir in nuts.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Cool completely, before cutting into 2x2" squares.
- I have read all the great reviews and learned from them, thank you all. Now I line my pan with buttered alumunin foil or parchment paper. This works very well.
MY PRIVATE NOTES
Add a Note
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
upload
review
tweak
ask
all
reviews
tweaks
q&a
sort by:
-
This recipe produces really rich brownies. I fell in love at first bite. Because I love my brownies extra fudgy, I'm going to bake for only 25 mins next time. I used 100g of shortening plus 75g of butter. Added a table spoon of cinnamon and used half a cup of peanuts, sprinkled half a cup of dark chocolate chips on top. That gave it an extra oomph. Was a little scared cos most brownie batters I've ever made were on the runny side. I had to spread this in the pan with an offset spatula.Reply
-
first time i made home made brownies from scratch..totally yummy..i used vegetable oil instead of shortening, i added teaspoon of cinnamon, and replaced the nuts with a teaspoon of peanut butter. instead of greasing a baking pan i used greased muffin pans lined with greased aluminum foil, only thing i had to line the muffin pans. turned out great and was perfect even without using icing.1Reply
see 373 more