Chickpea Flour Brownies (Easy, Gluten Free, Fudgy)
on May 20, 2020, Updated Nov 23, 2020
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These Chickpea Flour Brownies are super fudgy, super chocolatey and gluten free. They have ZERO All Purpose Flour and are a really healthy alternative for when your sweet tooth demands attention!
Just between you and me, baking isn’t my strong suite. I actually don’t enjoy it much because it’s too much precision and too much science and I’m more a dump-into-the-pot and let’s see what happens kind of person!
Because you know that is more fun. You get to experiment a lot more with cooking and just create. Baking is more re-invent and build on something.
When KitchenAid India asked us to create recipes with chickpeas, I was like game on. I have no idea why I said I’d do brownies and then basically hit myself on the head five times after I sent that mail. Coming from someone who only does the basic eggless brownie best and has been a brownie failure many times except with oreo stuffed chocolate brownies; chickpea brownies? Really Richa what were you thinking! But boy am I glad I took the challenge! These are fudgiest, chocolatey brownies you are ever going to bite into. And they are completely gluten free for all my friends who need to avoid gluten. The chickpea flour or besan makes them waaaay healthier than regular maida or all purpose flour would, and you can’t even tell.
When I developed this recipe, Denver wasn’t around but I tested this on a gazillion friends and there was a thumbs up. We played the whats-in-this-brownie game over and over again. Ha. Too much fun I tell ya!
But seriously who is in for these crackly crust, fudgy inside, super chocolatey chickpea flour brownies?
Guys I really don’t think I’m ever going back to making brownies with regular APF again, because chickpea flour or besan is a heavier flour in general, which is why it works beautifully with these brownies! Brownies need to be fudgy instead of cakey and you get that so naturally here.
Also don’t forget to top these with some sea salt. They really take these to another level!
Now give me a high five for chickpea flour brownies and let’s get baking because we need these in our lyyyfeeeeee so bad!
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Chickpea Flour Brownies (Besan Brownies – naturally gluten free)
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup Butter, 150 gms
- 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate, 85 gms
- 3 Eggs
- 3/4 cup Sugar, 150 gms
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 4 tablespoons Cocoa Powder, 20 gms
- 3/4 cup Chickpea Flour (Besan), 90 gms
- 1 teaspoon Instant Coffee Powder
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips, 75 gms
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F/ 175 C.
- Grease a 8X8 inch square tin with butter.
- In a microwave safe bowl, add butter and dark chocolate and microwave for 30 seconds to a minute till the chocolate starts melting. Whisk together till smooth and set aside to cool.
- Beat together eggs and sugar for 2-3 minutes till creamy.
- Add the chocolate mixture and vanilla extract and whisk again.
- Sift in salt, cocoa powder, besan, and coffee powder and fold into the wet mixture. Mix in chocolate chips.
- Pour the brownie batter into the greased tin and bake for 35-40 minutes minutes. Let them cool completely before slicing and serving.
Video
Notes
- Chocolate: We used 55% dark chocolate in this recipe.
- This recipe requires 40 minutes at 175C in my oven. This time may vary depending on your oven and its capacity. Start checking if the brownies are cooked by inserting a fork or toothpick in the centre at the 35 minute mark. If the toothpick comes out clean, or with very few crumbs on it, it is baked.
- You can add walnuts, almonds, pecans, peeled peanuts, etc., as a topping or combined with the batter. You can also add chocolate chunks, caramel candies, or even Oreo chunks.
Nutrition
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Wonderful. I used coconut sugar, and added maple syrup icing plus walnuts and coconut sprinkles on top a big hit.
Hey Patsy, that sounds awesome. so so glad you liked the recipe.
I tried this recipe and was very pleasantly surprised by the result. It’s such an easy recipe. My husband loved them. My step daughter is coeliac so it’s great to make something that everyone can enjoy. I’ll definitely be making these again.
Yaaay! that sounds incredible Ann. so so glad you & your family liked it.
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Absolutely love this recipe! Thanks for sharing this. It came out chewy and crispy and one of the best cookies I’ve had
Yaaay! That sounds awesome Gia. so so glad you liked the recipe.
These brownies look so fudgy and irresistible! That crackly top with the gooey center is exactly how we love them at Swe Café. We’re always inspired by rich chocolate recipes like this — they’d be the perfect pair with our freshly brewed coffee! If you might also love reading about our signature brownie recipes at Swe Café — we’re all about bringing comforting http://swecafe.kesug.com/desserts/classic-brownie-recipe-why-our-desserts-deserve-a-spotlight/
substitute of egg? can we use yogurt instead?
This recipe is made using eggs. however, I have an eggless brownie recipe which you may want to give a try. Homemade Eggless Chocolate Brownies
These brownies had butter glistening on the top when I checked after 30 min. It made them look very gooey so I left for another 5 mins, making a total of 35 mins. They are so dry and don’t taste good at all. Not even worth trying to turn into something else.
Hey Norma, this happens when your oven is too hot. Instead of emulsifying the butter separates and forms a layer on top. Please don’t prehear your oven for longer than 10 minutes, and please check if your oven is running too hot.
Awesome recipe. Superhit
Is the dark chocolate bakers chocolate (ie. chocolate with no sugar)?
You can use that but I just use regular dark chocolate