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    Home » Recipes

    Brownie Recipe with Brown Sugar

    by Patti Estep · Mar 3, 2023

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    Brownies on a cooling rack and a few next to it on parchment paper.
    A pan of baked brownie over a cooling rack of cut brownies.

    This yummy brownie recipe with brown sugar is made without any white sugar giving the brownies a delicious caramel flavor.

    Stack of brown sugar brownies.

    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.

    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
    Dry brownie ingredients including flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa.

    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.

    Greasing a baking dish with residual butter on butter paper.

    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.

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    Butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla creamed together.

    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.

    Brownie batter spread into an 8 x 8 inch baking pan.

    Spoon the batter into the baking pan and spread it evenly across the dish.

    Baked brown sugar brownies in square blue baking pan.

    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.

    Brownies on a cooling rack with bits of brown scattered and a pot holder.

    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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    More Brownie Dessert Ideas

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    • Easy Brownie Ice Cream Cake
    Three brown sugar browns stacked in front of a cooling rack of the same brownies.
    Stack of brown sugar brownies.

    Brown Sugar Brownies Recipe

    Here's an easy and delicious brownie recipe with brown sugar and no white sugar giving it a unique flavor with touches of caramel.
    3.96 from 25 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 30 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 16
    Calories 132 kcal

    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

    You can use dark brown sugar too. It will give the brownies an extra molasses flavor.
    Feel free to stir in 1/2 cup of your favorite mix-ins: such as walnuts or chocolate chips to make this brownie recipe even better. Chunks of chocolate, dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and even butterscotch chips would be mighty tasty.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 132kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 144mgPotassium: 73mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 207IUCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg

    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.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    Comments

    1. 1PassionateBaker

      July 10, 2024 at 9:32 am

      5 stars
      Thickest, gooiest brownies! Definitely the recipe of the year!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        July 10, 2024 at 11:18 am

        Great to hear. So glad you like it.

        Reply
    2. Keri

      December 30, 2023 at 5:27 pm

      Needs about 35 mins or 40 depending. Super tasty and has been my go to recipe!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        December 31, 2023 at 8:11 am

        Good to know Keri. Thanks for sharing.

        Reply
    3. Wendy N Easton

      May 09, 2023 at 6:22 pm

      5 stars
      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!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        May 10, 2023 at 7:37 am

        Sounds great Wendy. Thanks for sharing.

        Reply
    4. Jane

      March 26, 2023 at 11:08 am

      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!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        March 26, 2023 at 2:17 pm

        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.

        Reply
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