Rich, Fudgy Vegan Brownies

Submitted by pollen

"Soooooo good - tastes just like a brownie should. Even the most experienced dessert eaters wouldn't guess they are vegan. Recipe from Vancouver magazine."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups unbleached flour
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup brewed coffee
• 3⁄4 cup soymilk
• 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, roasted and chopped (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips or 1/2 cup carob chips

• Glaze for extra decadance

• 7 ounces dark Belgian chocolate (optional)
• 5 ounces margarine (optional)

directions

1. Sift together the flour, sugar,cocoa, baking powder and soda, and salt.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the coffee, soy milk, and oil.
3. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix; then stir in the nuts and chocolate chips.
4. Pour batter (it will be quite liquidy) into a greased 9x9" pan and bake at 325º for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
5. (Note- for a smaller pan, the baking time could be substantially longer- a 7x10 pan took about 40 minutes).
6. For glaze- melt the chocolate and margarine and whisk, then drizzle over brownies.
7. (Note- this is a lot of glaze- an ounce of chocolate and a tablespoon of margarine makes a nice amount).

Reviews

[pneumatic_sally]

I made this in an 8X8 inch glass oven dish and it barely fit. It turned out more like chocolate cake than chocolate brownies. I am not complaining because it was excellent. Very moist and decadent. It reminded me of those premixed boxed cakes by DuncanHines or something. YUM! I highly recommend this recipe to anyone, vegan or not. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Meliska]

I generally hesitate to disagree when I see this many great reviews, but in this case I followed the recipe exactly and even used a good quality chocolate and coffee. This is a solid recipe for something, but I have to disagree with Vancouver Magazine and say it's not brownies! Unlike many reviewers, I don't think this makes 'cakey brownies', I just think it makes cake, and not even a particularly moist cake. I don't think the words "rich", "fudgy", or "brownie" apply. Works well for cake or cupcakes, though!

 

[sns40016470]

Cocoa is in the list of ingredients but never mentioned in the recipe instructions. Sorry to use the review but couldn't find anywhere to ask a question!

 

[sarah7lee]

Fabulous!!! I doubled it, used applesauce instead of oil to lighten it up more, and then even cut the sugar in half because it seemed like a lot....and they were delicious!! Moist, richy, gooey, and yes more cake-like but that is how I like my brownies anyway!!

 

[ICater]

Really good recipe. I added a Mexican spin to mine with 1T (yes, tablespoon) cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (yes, cayenne pepper) and they were fab. Baked up quickly and evenly with a nice, moist cake brownie crumb. Served with a scoop of cinnamon ic cream (regular old vanilla doctored with cinnamon and cayenne) and they got raves! Thanks for a good one.