Vegan Brownies Recipe

I have tried and tested this vegan brownies recipe for many years as I have sold them on my market stall almost since I began my business! They are one of my most popular items (along with my vegan New York Style Cookies) with some people buying 12 at a time and freezing them so they always have some available.

This vegan brownies recipe is easy to do and does not involve any unusual ingredients. It actually only uses 7 ingredients and they are ones that you will be able to find in your local supermarket.

To make vegan brownies I have switched the egg and melted butter for vegetable oil and the cows milk is a simple swap to soya milk (you could use almond instead).

Recipe Tips

This recipe makes enough for 12 brownies when made in a 20cm square tin. It is important to use a deep tin because the brownies will rise slightly in the oven.

The vegan chocolate that I like to use is Morrisons Savers Dark Chocolate. It is accidentally vegan (although may contain dairy so may not be suitable for those with allergies or intolerances). I find it bakes much better than a dairy free chocolate. Although it is dark chocolate it is not a bitter chocolate, especially when it is mixed with the vegetable oil and milk in the recipe.

Please note that 450g of chocolate is required but you will only melt 250g at the beginning of the recipe. Do not melt all of the chocolate as you will need the remaining 200g to chop up as chocolate chunks.

If you want to make an iced brownie like I the photo about you can make one batch of my vegan buttercream recipe and use a piping bag to pipe around the edge and decorate it. This makes a wonderful alternative to a birthday cake.

Vegan Brownies

Difficulty: Easy

Servings

12

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

25

minutes

Total time

45

minutes

Ingredients

• 450g Vegan Dark Chocolate

• 200ml Soya Milk

• 100ml Vegetable Oil

• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

• 150g Light Brown Sugar

• 175 Self Raising Flour

• 50g Cocoa Powder

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 160ºc and grease and line a 20x20cm deep baking tin.
• Break up 250g (leaving 200g aside) of the vegan dark chocolate into a microwavable bowl and microwave for 30 seconds and mix. Keep microwaving for 30 seconds and mixing until it is melted.
• Pour the soya milk, oil, vanilla extract and melted chocolate into a large bowl and mix with a hand or stand mixer until smooth.
• Stir in the flour, sugar and cocoa powder.
• Chop the remaining 200g of vegan dark chocolate into small chunks. Fold into the brownie batter.
• Pour the brownie batter into the prepared tin making sure it reaches all the corners.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes depending on how gooey you like your brownies and leave to cool in the tray.
• Once cooled, remove from the tray and slice into 12 pieces.