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20-Ingredient Brownies

20-Ingredient Brownies — a recipes for dessert recipe, 20 ingredients, about 90 min.

Serves 15 · 90 min · Recipes for dessert

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 1½ cups (275 g / 10 oz) brown sugar
  • 1 cup (200 g / 7 oz) white granulated sugar
  • 3 sticks (375 g / 13 oz) butter, melted
  • 4 ea. (200 g) eggs
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 8 oz (227 g) dark chocolate
  • 1½ cups (200 g / 7 oz) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (60 g / 2 oz) dutch processed cocoa powder
  • 8 oz (227 g) semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 16 oz (450 g) cream cheese
  • 1 cup (300 g / 10.5 oz) mascarpone cheese
  • ½ cup (110 g / 4 oz) white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ea. (50 g) egg
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 11 oz (310 g) chocolate
  • 11 oz (330 ml / 1⅓ cups) heavy cream, heated
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Flaky salt to garnish
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 3 sticks (375 g / 13 oz) butter, melted → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 16 oz (450 g) cream cheese → lactose-free cream cheese
  • 1 cup (300 g / 10.5 oz) mascarpone cheese → lactose-free or aged hard cheese (naturally lower lactose)
  • 2 tablespoons milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • 11 oz (330 ml / 1⅓ cups) heavy cream, heated → lactose-free heavy cream or full-fat coconut cream

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F). Line a 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9-inch) baking pan with parchment.
  2. Melt dark chocolate in microwave using 30-second bursts. Leave it to cool.
  3. Beat the butter and sugars in a large bowl until combined.
  4. Beat in the eggs, salt and vanilla, then beat in the melted chocolate.
  5. Fold in the flour and cocoa, then the chopped chocolate.
  6. Pour the mixture into the lined baking pan.
  7. Bake for 25 minutes.
  8. Meanwhile, make the topping by beating the cheeses in a medium-sized bowl until soft.
  9. Beat in the sugar and vanilla, then beat in the egg and milk.
  10. Take the brownie out of the oven after the 25 minutes of baking.
  11. Pour the mixture over the brownie and bake for a further 30 minutes.
  12. Take the brownie out of the oven and leave it to cool.
  13. Make the ganache by mixing together the chocolate, hot cream and salt in a bowl until melted.
  14. Pour the ganache over the brownie and chill in the fridge for at least a few hours until set.
  15. Sprinkle the brownie with a light sprinkle of salt.
  16. Trim the brownie and cut into 15 squares.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0