best brownie recipe?

[Chapsie]

There are so many online I don't know how to choose! Can anyone recommend one? We need to bake this afternoon :-)

[Pipbin]

Nothing helpful to add, just place marking.
I've never found a perfect one that makes them crunchy on the top but chewy in the middle.

[PickleSarnie]

These are awesome. Incredibly unhealthy but so good. www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/bloomin-brilliant-brownies/

[LizzieMacQueen]

Nigella's recipe is the best in my opinion.

[hadenough111]

These by Nigella http://www.food.com/recipe/nigella-lawson-brownies-32053

Don't be tempted to think they need longer in the oven. They'll keep cooking as they cool.

[Fairylea]

Betty Crocker packet mix from tesco

Sorry but I have tried so many recipes and nothing beats it!

[VeryFoolishFay]

I swear by these....though they are expensive to make. They are very rich and you only need a little piece!

www.homesandproperty.co.uk/home-garden/food/mary-berrys-best-ever-chocolate-brownies-32122.html

Don't overdo them and don't cook them in a sloped sided roasting tin, because the thin bits overcook!

[IAmNotDarling]

Hugh FW for me - recipe www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/04/brownie-recipes-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall

[Creatureofthenight]

I second the vote for Mary Berry!

[Doje]

I can second the Mary Berry ones above!

[PerspicaciaTick]

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2121648/bestever-chocolate-raspberry-brownies

Gorgeous.

[Normandy144]

Agree with the Nigella votes. They are so gooey. I make her snow-flecked brownies from the Feast book and they never let me down. I serve them as a pudding warm from the oven with vanilla ice cream.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Not sure where I got this one from (though I know it was MN so I paying it forward )

I used a foil traybake tin with a silicone/greaseproof paper lining.

Melt 185g butter + 185g dark chocolate. Cool a bit
Sieve 85g plain flour + 40g cocoa
Whisk 3 large eggs + 275g caster sugar till primrose yellow (ooh the artistry ) This bit makes the crust nice and sugary crisp.

Fold them all in, add 100g dark chocolate chunks (good way to use up the Tiny Toblerone that no one eats)

I use walnuts or pecans , my DSis was horrified .

160-180 c
25-30 minutes no more

Leave them 24 hours.

Adequate resting time = Brownies.
Eat them straight away= cake.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

ooh forgot the vanilla extract !

[TempusEedjit]

If you like a dense, fudgy brownie then Nigel Slater's are the best. All the other recipes I've tried come out far too sugary for me.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2004/jun/13/foodanddrink.shopping2

[Chapsie]

Wow thanks so much, I'll take a look, compare,make and report back.

[Smellyrose]

I second the BBC raspberry brownies - best brownies ever!

[OttosTitsling]

I always use this one.

smittenkitchen.com/blog/2010/01/best-cocoa-brownies/

Warning though, they are incredibly rich and squishy, I cut them into bitesize pieces and can only have a couple before hitting chocolate overload (and I have a very sweet tooth)

[Howdoesironmanwee]

Another vote for the bbcgoo food best ever ones.
They sell out in 5 mins at school fetes. I made mince pies for Christmas fayre. Head master is still cold with me

[abigamarone]

This is my go-to brownie recipe. I use a 100g pack of chocolate chips instead of breaking the chocolate up. your.morrisons.com/Recipes-and-Ranges/recipes/index/C/Chocolate-brownies/

[Lunaballoon]

Another variation to add to the mix - prunes! www.deliaonline.com/home/Print-Recipe.html?PID=2528&ampCID=731

[KatyN]

Felicity cloake. Has a series of perfect recipes (she writes a column for the guardian hit has published books too).
As promised all her recipes are perfect including her brownies.

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

Laura in the kitchen fudgy brownies are very nice, also this recipe is very agreeable to scaling up or down, and if I have a fancy to make a gimmicky brownie ...like cream egg, or Ferrero rocher, or Oreo, then this is just the right texture to hold bits nicely

HFW cocoa brownies also, you can also layer in aftereights to make after dinner brownies.


the main thing is not to over cook them, there should be a shimmy to the middle AND ideally let them cool in the tin, cut with a hot knife.


I like the sound of that gluten free recipe too, that will go to my pinterest board! :D

[HeavyFrost]

I make Nigella's dense chocolate loaf cake, but in a square tin instead of a loaf tin, cook for a slightly shorter time, and cut into brownies when cool. Fabulously damp and melting, and the dark muscovado sugar makes them. And they are better a day or two after being made.

[bunique]

Made about 100 of these before Christmas. Really good. Undercook them though!

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1223/bestever-brownies