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.
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- Baileys Chocolate Ice Cream
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Watch Eggless Chocolate Brownies Recipe Video
Homemade Eggless Chocolate Brownies
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- ยพ cup (93.75 g) All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- โ cup (28.67 g) Cocoa Powder
- ยผ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup (175 g) Chocolate chopped
- ยฝ cup (113.5 g) Butter
- ยพ cup (183.75 g) Greek Yogurt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ยพ Cup (150 g) Sugar
- ยผ cup Walnuts
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.
Video
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.ย
- 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.ย
- 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.ย
Priya says
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?
Richa says
Thanks Priya, same quantity.
Tan says
I made brownies as per your recipe. It came out very well. Taste was awesome. I don't know why it turned little crumbly ?? I couldn't cut it properly
Richa says
Hey Tan! Did you slice the brownies while they were still warm? It helps to wait for the brownies to cool completely before slicing to avoid them from crumbling
Chhavi says
Hi there,
I tried your recipe but it didn't turnout moist and chewy. Rather it was dry. What could be the reason? The baking time was 36mins.
Richa says
I'm not sure why that happened Chhavi. Did you use the right measurements for all the ingredients?
Purvi says
Approximately one batch consists of how many servings?
Richa says
You'll get 8-9 brownies squares from this recipe
Spurthy N N says
The brownies were so moist and delicious!
Thank you!
Amazing work!
Richa says
AWesome!! So glad you liked these brownies Spurthy
Shweta Jain says
Hi.
I want to try this in my OTG.
Could you tell me the temperature and time I should set to bake the brownies?
Thanks.
Richa says
You set it to 180C, and these take approx 35-40 minutes to bake
Nomi says
Any yogurt will work ?
Richa says
Please use either greek yogurt or hung curds
Joann Cyborski says
Can you substitute the sugar to Stevia?
Richa says
No, that won't work Joann.
SPA says
HI.. Can i ask if the butter used is salted or unsalted?
Richa says
Its unsalted butter
Grissel says
I was planning on making delicious brownies. This has helped me. Thanks so much.
Richa says
So glad!
Amrita says
Richa, a friend if mine guided me to your recipe. Made it for my birthday and followed it to the T. Absolutely in love. So yum. Thank you for this treasure ๐
Richa says
So glad you liked it Amrita! And a belated happy birthday to you ๐
Tanya Pandey says
Can i use microwave for the brownie? If yes then what should be the settings?
Rushil Patel says
I tried this recipe (doubling everything except the sugar) last week and the brownies turned out perfect! This recipe is what I have been looking for - a perfect blend of cakey and fudgey, and that too eggless. I don't know if the sugar in India is extra sweet, because usually when I use the exact amount of sugar in recipes on websites, they turn out to be too sweet. So I always have to greatly reduce the quantity of sugar. I baked in my oven using the bottom heating source with the fan switched on. I am making my third and fourth batch right now.
Richa says
Glad you liked it Rushil!
cancan says
so five minutes is good??
Surya says
I just kept it for 10 minutes. It got over burnt and u told to keep it for 40 mins
Richa says
Thats impossible. What was your oven temperature?
Blu Stratus says
I didn't have any yogurt so I added about a cup of evaporated milk and used brown sugar. DIVINE!!!
Richa says
So glad you liked them!
Manvi says
Can we make this recipe in microwave as I don't have oven
Richa says
Hey Manvi, I have never tried this in a microwave. I'm sorry but I don't know what the temperature should be like.