youtube pinterest twitter facebook instagram vimeo whatsapp Bookmark Entries BURGER NEW Chevron Down Chevron Left Chevron Right Basket Speech Comment Search Video Play Icon Premium Nigella Lawson Vegan Vegetarian Member Speech Recipe Email Bookmark Comment Camera Scales Quantity List Reorder Remove Open book
Menu Signed In
More recipes Recipe search

Simplest Brownies

A community recipe by

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Print me

Introduction

This is the simplest brownie recipe i have ever used taught to me by my mum. Its great for when you dont have alot of ingredients in the cupboard. I hope you enjoy these as much as i do.

Ingredients

Serves: 0

  • 4 ounces vegetable oil
  • 5 ounces plain chocolate (or milk)
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 ounces self-rising flour
  • 4 ounces superfine sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

Method

Simplest Brownies is a community recipe submitted by The13YearoldChocoholicx and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven 200 degrees C or gas mark 6. Use a little vegetable oil and grease a 9inch square tin and line lightly with greaseproof paper.

Melt chocolate with reaining oil and mix in until smooth.

Beat the eggs lightly and add them to the chocolate stirring vigorously.

Add to the flour, sugar and vanilla essence and mix together.

Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 10-20mins depending on whether you want them chewy or cake like.

Leave to cool for 10mins and cut into squares. When copletely cool remove from tin.

Tell us what you think

What 1 Other has said

  • I used this recipe for the first brownie I have ever made, and everyone in my family loved it so much that I was forced to make it again a few days after. Fantastic recipe.

    Posted by kandy666 on 23rd September 2011
Show more comments