Homemade Eggless Chocolate Brownies
on Oct 14, 2015, Updated Oct 12, 2021
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These Homemade Eggless Chocolate Brownies are here to make vegetarian brownie lovers happy and to make those dessert parties more inclusive! They are super easy to pull together, are cakey and fudgy!
I have a confession to make. I have never got a brownie recipe right. Till now. So if you don’t trust me with this one I understand. But before you go away, just take a look at these fudgy, cakey, chocolatey homemade eggless brownies and tell me you can walk away from this deliciousness. I thought so. Since I have never been able to get brownies right, it’s all the more reason for you to know that the one that I actually post here will be fool proof!
The other day, Karan who is my boisterous, close friend asked me some technical questions about brownies. Something about making the cakey ones fudgy or vice versa. It’s real embarrassing for a food blogger to admit that they don’t know how to bake the simplest baked item in this world. I almost hid my face, but thankfully we were whatsapping. What can I do if those brownies are one disaster after another, and I had no hope with this batch too.
How to make Eggless Chocolate Brownies
Icing on the cake, I was trying to master an eggless version. Ugh. I’m not too proud of myself guys, but it’s that time of the year. My Indian friends here would understand. So while all things animal produce are not to be touched, I decided I couldn’t make that stop me. And here we are. Some research, some testing and I think I’m happy. Because these were extra chocolatey, cakey and slightly fudgy too. That’s the combination I can’t stop stuffing my face with. Umm midway through that sentence I had to get up and break off a bite. Or two.
Baaaaydaaawaaaaaaay I have more exciting news to share, apart from these amazing brownies. My new look — of course! What do you guys think? It was a moment of insanity and a case of massive hair fall that led to this desperate attempt at looking cool, but I think I’ve pulled that off nicely enough, don’t you? Denver absolutely adores it and can’t get enough of running his hand through my non-existent hair, plus zeeerrrooo maintenance. Considering how my haircare routine stops at shampooing, I’m thrilled with this! My stylist has reached best friend status in my life now, and you can’t borrow him because he’s a cutie and was totally game about listening to me crib about my hair for half an hour! I think I should make a batch of brownies for him. How did I not think of that earlier?
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Watch Eggless Chocolate Brownies Recipe Video
Homemade Eggless Chocolate Brownies
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour, (Maida), 90 gms
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder, 27 gms
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Chocolate, chopped, 170 gms
- 1/2 cup Butter, 113 gms
- 3/4 cup Greek Yogurt, 180 gms
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 3/4 Cup Sugar, 150 gms
- 1/4 cup Walnuts, 20 gms
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F
- Line an 8X8 inch baking dish with parchment paper or aluminium foil, and brush all sides with butter.
- Sift flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder in a bowl and set aside.
- In another bowl, place chocolate and butter and microwave in 30 second intervals till the butter melt. Mix well and add yogurt, vanilla extract and sugar. Whisk well for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture and mix till combined. The mixture will be on the thicker side. Fold in the walnuts, or you can sprinkle them on top.
- Pour into the prepared baking pan and bake for 40 minutes. Start checking if the brownies are cooked by inserting a fork or toothpick in the center at the 35 minute mark.
- Once baked, cool the brownies in the pan completely before inverting them onto a metal rack. Cut into slices and serve.
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Notes
- Do not use curd in place of greek yogurt. Greek yogurt is thicker than homemade curd and will give a different consistency. If using homemade curd, double strain it using a muslin cloth.
- This recipe requires 40 minutes at 180C 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.
My 17 year old daughter made it using your recipe. She followed the recipe completely. It tasted amazing but it was crumbly. Any idea why ? Also what do you think of using brown sugar instead of white sugar.
Hey Charu, I’m sorry the brownies turned out crumbly. Did you let them cool completely before cutting into them? Also brown sugar should work well.
Super simple and truly amazing !!
Thanks Lakshya! Really glad you enjoyed these
Hi Richa,
By any chance have you revised your recipe. The old print of the recipe says 1 cup APF and does not include chocolate at all. Even sugar was 200gms as compared to 180gm nows.
Hey Lashya, I retested and updated the recipe a few weeks ago. I believe this version is better. I hope you’ll try it
Hi Richa
By any chance have you revised the recipe as the old printout which I have with me doesn’t have chocolate and the APF is 3/4th cup which is quite different from this recipe. Also, the amount of sugar is different in that…the old recipe seems cakey but I believe the updated one would be dense, fudgy as it contains chocolate. Pls advise.
Hey Lakshya, I restested and improved the recipe and updated it here. I hope you’ll like this version
If there was option I would have given your recipe 10 🌟. Thank you for sharing this fantastic recipe.
You are sooo sweet – thank you Piyali!
hey! i don’t have a baking oven so can i make these brownies in the microwave?
Hey Saloni, Im sorry I haven’t tried this recipe in a microwave.
Can i use curd instead of yogurt?
Sure, just make sure to use hung curd
Hey,
When I made them using granulated sugar the second the around, I used the exact same measurements and everything but they came out tasting much more sweeter. Could you help me fix that?
Hey Priya, castor sugar and granulated sugar will give you slightly different sweetness levels, so you’ll have to adjust it accordingly.
Hey thank you for sharing!!
I had a question do we need to cool the chocolate butter mixture and then add yogurt or we add yogurt and let it cool
You don’t need to cool the chocolate butter mixture, since you are warming it just enough to melt the chocolate.
The brownies turned up deliciously…the chocolaty fragrance while baking itself was so tempting…and I infact tried it with wheat flour instead of maida but the results were the same…amazing…and took merely 30 minutes
So glad you like this recipe Rishika. Thanks for adding the comment about substituting with whole wheat flour – I’m sure it’ll help other readers.
I tried twice. It was crumbly. I cooled and cut it
Hey Aishwarya, can you try refrigerating them for a few hours and then cut?
Hey, they brownies came out looking (and tasting) phenomenal!
Just had a question though, if I wanna replace sugar with granulated sugar how much more/less sugar am I supposed to put according to the recipe?
Thanks Priya, same quantity.