This yummy brownie recipe with brown sugar is made without any white sugar giving the brownies a delicious caramel flavor.
Do you love the taste of brown sugar? Or, maybe you're out of granulated white sugar and don't want to make a trip to the store but you really want to make some brownies. This easy brownie recipe with brown sugar will fit the bill.
They have a wonderful chewy texture and hints of caramel that's different from a traditional brownie. Simple ingredients you probably already have at home are all you need to create these fudgy chocolate brownies without white sugar.
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Box brownies are fine but this easy recipe is much tastier than any box mix and might become your new favorite recipe.
You Will Need
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Making Brown Sugar Brownies
Sift or use a whisk to mix your dry ingredients including flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder.
Next, you cream together the butter and sugar just like most cookies and brownie recipes. However, instead of the classic white sugar and butter combination, you will use brown sugar.
Baking Tip: You need to grease your baking pan. Instead of throwing away the paper wrapper from your butter, use it to grease your baking pan.
Make sure you blend the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla well before adding the flour mixture.
Divide the flour into half or even 1/3 amounts. This will make it easier to mix in without a blast of flour going everywhere.
Spoon the batter into the baking pan and spread it evenly across the dish.
This bakes for about 20 minutes and you can tell when it's done because the edges will start to come away from the side.
Allow your brownies to cool slightly before cutting them into squares and moving them to a cooling rack.
Serve immediately or place the brownies into an airtight container to store for a few days. Or toss them in a freezer bag for a future treat.
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Brown Sugar Brownies Recipe
Equipment
- 8 x8 baking pan
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Grease an 8 x 8 inch baking pan
- Sift together flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- In a separate large mixing bowl cream butter and brown sugar.
- Add eggs and vanilla to the butter and sugar mixture and blend well.
- Add half of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients mixture and mix well
- Add the remaining flour mixture to the large bowl and mix until combined.
- Pour brownie batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
- Cool, then cut into 16 squares.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
Wendy N Easton
I used dark brown sugar and they taste great. I did reduce it to 3/4 cup rather than a whole cup, as I don't like my brownies too sweet, and it was just right for me.
My cooking time was quite a bit longer - 34 minutes for them to test as done with a toothpick.
I will make these again!
Patti Estep
Sounds great Wendy. Thanks for sharing.
Jane
These brownies look delicious. I'm confused about the butter, though. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter, which is one stick. The picture appears to show two sticks in the bowl. Thanks!
Patti Estep
I'm sorry for the confusion. When I first made these brownies I made them in a larger baking pan but wasn't happy with the results. When I made it a second time I used a smaller baking dish and forgot to re-take a photo of the butter and sugar. The recipe card is correct. It's 1/2 cup or 1 stick of butter. I will remove the image to prevent others from being confused. Thanks for letting me know.