Brownie is an evergreen favorite of all ages, when it comes to Chocolate Recipes. I mean what is actually not to love in it – there’s chocolate and all things decadent in a Chocolate Brownie recipe. Here, on this post, I have shared a similar, yet easy and yummy Eggless Brownies recipe that you can make with cocoa powder. This variation of this quintessential dessert also makes use of whole wheat flour and not all-purpose flour. So, the recipe is also a bit healthier and is vegan too.
About Eggless Brownies Recipe
A Brownie is one of those sweet dishes that has nothing hidden about it – from the name to its flavors and texture. I mean what can be more obvious than calling a dish by the name of what its color is.
Also, as the chocolate is one of the main ingredients, it is also commonly termed as Chocolate Brownie or Cocoa Brownie.
The recipe of an Eggless Brownies had been requested by many readers. In fact, there are more eggless cake and muffin recipes that have been requested by readers and I will add them gradually.
For this particular recipe of Brownies minus eggs, I wanted the recipe to be made easily by everyone. So, I have used cocoa powder in this one.
Just like any other recipe, this recipe of Eggless Brownies too has some more ingredients that are common and easily available. You really don’t need to go hunting for them.
Divided into dry and wet ingredients, these are, whole wheat flour (or add atta that is used for making chapati or roti), baking powder, salt, water, sugar, oil and vanilla extract or essence.
I also add organic raw sugar in this recipe of Brownie to make it all the more wholesome. But you can easily make it with your regular granulated sugar as well.
Make sure to use a good quality of cocoa powder for this Chocolate Brownie recipe. The color and quality of the cocoa powder also decides the color of this Eggless Brownies.
My dish turned a dark chocolate color and not a brown one because of the variety of cocoa powder I used.
This Brownie is not chewy, but is soft, moist and cake-like. I have not added any nuts or dry fruits in this Chocolate Brownie. However, some chopped roasted almonds, cashews or walnuts would really elevate the flavors in it.
The inspiration for my recipe of Eggless Brownies lies loosely in this Brownie Recipe. In the recipe I have swapped a neutral flavored oil with butter.
Instead of heating and melting butter, I have heated water and added sugar, cocoa powder, oil and cooked this mixture till it came to a boil. Then, added it to the dry ingredients.
The whole wheat flour softens due to the heat. This results in the soft texture of this Chocolate Brownie. The original recipe calls for eggs. So, if you want to make this Eggless Brownies with eggs, you can check the original recipe.
How to make Eggless Brownies
Preparation
1. Grease a 7 x 2 inches square baking pan with some oil or softened butter if you prefer.
2. Measure all the ingredients and keep them ready, namely
- ½ cup whole wheat flour or atta, leveled – 60 grams
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder, leveled – 30 grams
- 4 tablespoons oil – can use sunflower oil, olive oil or any neutral flavored oil
3. In a mixing bowl or pan, take ½ cup of the whole wheat flour, ½ teaspoon baking powder and 1 pinch of salt.
4. With a whisk, mix everything very well. You can even sift this flour mixture, if you prefer. Keep aside.
Preheat the oven at 200° C/392° F for 15 minutes.
If using, stone ground or roller milled whole wheat flour (or chakki ground atta), then do sift it twice with the baking powder.
Make Cocoa Solution
5. Now, take 1 cup water in a pan and heat it on low to medium flame.
6. When the water turns hot (but not boiling), lower heat and add ⅓ cup sugar.
7. Next, add ⅓ cup of the leveled cocoa powder.
8. Then, add 4 tablespoons oil. Here I have added the entire 4 tablespoons of oil with a measuring cup.
You can use any neutral flavored oil or olive oil. I used sunflower oil.
9. With a spatula, begin to mix everything well, so that the sugar dissolves and the cocoa powder mixes well with the water. Break the lumps of cocoa powder, if any.
10. Let this mixture come to a boil on medium-low heat.
Make Brownie Batter
11. Switch off the heat and add the bubbling cocoa solution to the flour mixture.
12. The liquid mixture will cover the entire flour mixture. Also, add ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.
13. With a spatula or wired whisk, begin to mix both the wet and dry ingredients lightly.
14. The mixture will be hot. So, be careful while mixing and also mix lightly. Do not over do as you do not want a chocolate wheat dough. A few tiny flour specks in the batter are fine.
15. Below is a photo showing the consistency of the batter. It is a very thick batter and does not flow freely but still loose.
If the batter looks too much thick, then add a few tablespoons of hot water and mix again.
Note that the water required depends on the quality of whole wheat flour. So, please keep some hot water handy, if you need to add it.
16. Now, place the batter with the spatula in the baking pan.
17. Shake the pan, so that the batter spreads and evens out. Also, using a spatula spread and make the batter even.
Bake Chocolate Brownie
18. Here’s the brownie pan ready to go in the oven.
19. Bake in the preheated oven at 200° C/392° F for 30 to 40 minutes, with both top and bottom elements on.
Keep the pan on the center rack. Do not open the oven door till ¾ᵗʰ of the Chocolate Brownie is done.
Since oven temperatures vary, do keep a check. In a convection oven, preheat as well as bake at 180° C/356° F.
20. Check with a tooth pick and if the tooth pick comes out clean, remove the pan from the oven. Do not over bake the Eggless Brownies as then the top will get dried out and become crusty.
21. Once the Brownie becomes warm or cools down, you can remove it from the tray or you can slice in the baking pan itself.
22. Slice and serve Chocolate Brownie. If not serving immediately, then store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
In a cool and cold climate, you can keep it outside at room temperature for 1 to 2 days.
23. While serving Brownie, you can sprinkle some powdered sugar on top. You can even serve them with some chocolate or caramel syrup on top. Or make a dessert of Vanilla Ice Cream served with these.
Expert Tips
- For best results, make use of a fine quality cocoa powder for this recipe. The color also depends on this.
- In my recipe, I usually add sunflower oil. However, you can use olive oil or any other neutral flavored oil in this recipe.
- The consistency of the batter in this recipe is a thick one that does not flow freely, but is loose. Just like a Halwa. In case your batter has turned extremely thick, then add some hot water and mix to get the right consistency.
- Quantity of water that goes to make the batter also depends on the quality of whole wheat flour or atta you are using in this recipe.
- If you are baking using a convection oven, then make sure to preheat as well as bake it at 180° C/356 ° F.
- You can easily store these Brownies in air-tight containers and refrigerate. If you live in colder climates, these also stay good at room temperature for 1 to 2 days.
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Eggless Brownies Recipe | Chocolate Brownie
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
- ½ cup whole wheat flour (or atta), leveled – 60 grams
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
Wet ingredients
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup raw sugar – 70 grams or add regular white granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder – leveled, 30 grams
- 4 tablespoons oil – can use sunflower oil, olive oil or any neutral flavored oil
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract – optional
Instructions
Preparation
- Grease a 7 x 2 inches square baking pan with some oil or softened butter if you like.
- First measure all the ingredients and keep them ready.
- In a mixing bowl or pan, take whole wheat flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt.
- With a whisk, mix everything very well. You can even sift this flour mixture if you want. Keep aside. Preheat the oven at 200° C/392° F for 15 minutes.
Making cocoa solution
- Take 1 cup water in a pan and heat it on a low to medium flame.
- When the water become hot (but not boiling), lower the heat and then add sugar, cocoa powder and then add oil.
- With a spatula begin to mix everything very well. The sugar should dissolve and the cocoa powder should mix evenly with water. With the spatula or whisk, break the lumps of cocoa powder if any.
- Let this mixture come to a boil on medium-low heat.
Making chocolate brownie batter
- Switch off the heat and add the bubbling hot cocoa mixture to the dry flour mixture.
- Also add vanilla extract.
- With a spatula or wired whisk, begin to mix both the wet and dry ingredients lightly.
- The mixture will be hot, so be careful while mixing and also mix lightly. Do not over do. A few tiny flour specks in the batter are fine.
- The brownie batter has a thick consistency and does not flow freely but loose (much like a halwa consistency).
- If the batter looks too much thick, then the one showed in photo at step 15 above, then please add a few tablespoons of hot water and then mix again.
- The water required depends on the quality of whole wheat flour. So please keep some hot water handy, if you need to add it.
- Now place the brownie batter with the spatula in the baking pan.
- Shake the pan, so that the batter spreads and evens out. Also using a spatula spread and make the batter even.
Baking Brownie
- Bake brownie in the pre heated oven at 200° C/392° F for 30 to 40 minutes. Do not open the oven door till ¾ᵗʰ of the brownie is done. Since oven temperatures vary, do keep a check. In a convection oven, preheat as well as bake at 180° C/356° F.
- Check with a tooth pick and if the tooth pick comes out clean, remove the pan from the oven.
- Do not over bake the brownie as then the top will get dried out and become crusty.
- Once the brownie becomes warm or cools down, you can remove it from the tray or you can slice in the baking pan itself.
- Slice and serve chocolate brownies. If not serving immediately, then store in an airtight container in the fridge. In a cool and cold climate, you can keep these brownies outside at room temperature for 1 to 2 days.
- While serving brownies, you can sprinkle some powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar on the top layer.
- You can even serve the brownies with some chocolate or caramel syrup on top. Or make a dessert of vanilla ice cream served with the brownies.
Notes
- Instead of oil, you can add 4 tablespoons of softened butter.
- Use a good quality of cocoa powder.
- Add more sugar if you prefer for a more sweeter tasting brownie.
- Opt to make the chocolate brownie recipe with all-purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour.
- I usually add sunflower oil. But, you can use olive oil or any other neutral flavored oil.
- The amount of water to be added will vary with the quality and texture of whole wheat flour.
- If using, stone ground or roller milled whole wheat flour, then do sift it twice with the baking powder.
Nutrition Info (Approximate Values)
This Eggless Brownies recipe from the archives, originally published in August 2016 has been updated and republished on February 2023.
Hi!
Instead of an oven can I bake it in microwave?
It won’t work if you use the microwave mode of the microwave oven.
Hi Dassana, I tried out this easy recipe today! Thank you.
I did all the steps as mentioned ,it came out good but it tasted a little bitter ,could you help me out why it happened?
I used Hershey’s cocoa unsweetened & added some chopped walnuts.
The bitterness could be due to the quality of cocoa or oil. If you have used vanilla essence instead of extract, this can also make the cocoa taste bitter. If using vanilla essence, then ¼ teaspoon can be added. I hope this helps.
heyaa!! loved your recipe i have been looking for a good eggless brownie recipe and came across your recipe just wanted to check whether this recipe would fit in a rectangle baking pan (if yes, then do i need a trimming in the measurements??) as i do not have a square one and i really wanna try making some brownies
Hi Tisya, a smaller rectangular pan would work well for the recipe and thanks.
ok thnx alot
thank u, can you tell me we must preheat in warm mode or toast mode.
preheat in toast mode (both top and bottom heating elements are on).
hi, i am using morphy richards otg when i make a brownie it is uncooked &became rubbery.please can you tell me the temperature & timer.sometimes cakes also become uncooked.can you help me.
temperature to bake is 180 degrees celsius. timing will vary, but you can consider an approximate time of 25 to 40 minutes. try keeping the cake in the center rack and use both the top and bottom heating elements. rubbery can be due to overmixing the batter and baking soda or baking powder not being fresh for eggless cakes. hope this helps.
Hi, you have awesome recipies.. I keep going through your recipe pages even in office ???? .. here I have a question…! Coco powder you used is sweetend or unsweetened??
Thanks ????????. I use unsweetened cocoa powder
Is it possible to add milk instead of water?
milk can be added instead of water.
Is there anyway I can add a little coffee into the recipe. How do I do It?
yes you can. when you add the cocoa powder to the hot water, that time also add instant coffee.
Hi, can I use all purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour in all the recipes ☺
yes you can use all purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour in all recipes. just add less liquids like water or milk as whole wheat flour absorbs more water or milk than all purpose flour.
Hi, thank you for eggless brownie recipe.. have tried using exact measures as advised.. and baked for 35 + 5 mins… while the brownie came out ok, there was too much oil oozing out making it taste too oily. I’d used olive oil. What do you think went wrong? Any suggestions? Thank you
welcome sekhar. i have never had this oil issue when making the brownie. the oil has to get mixed evenly. if the batter is over done or under mixed, then there is a possibility of oil coming out while baking. could also be due to olive oil. next time you can add 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil.
thank you Amit. Will try that out next time. btw, I’d tried the normal chocolate cake, came out quite well.
your site is awesome and i’m trying more recipes too. Thanks again.
Welcome SekharT. Glad to know that you liked the website. Thanks for sharing positive feedback on eggless chocolate cake.
Can i put this mixture i into my small muffin tray? Instead of putting in a square pan?
yes you can do that.
Hi dear….. i have a bajaj 35 lt oven and it has two modes… a bake mode with only bottom element on and a toast mode with both elements on….so according to you i should use the toast mode instead of bake mode? I am a bit confused
i also have the same oven. you can use either. sometimes i use the toast mode and sometimes only the bake mode. in bake mode, the top does not get browned or gets browned very less. so for this recipe you can use the bake mode.
Hello mam..can I double the receipee?
you can try doubling the recipe.
Hi dasana … M a huge fan of urs i follow almost each recipe of urs.. .. this choco brownie i have tried turned out to be a block buster.. Instead of baking it into tray i baked it into silicon cupcakes mould nd it was really fantastic…! ????
Welcome Priyanka. Thanks for your kind words. Good to know that the recipe worked well in silicon cupcakes mould.
Hi dassana amit..
I tried this recipe and with your reply it turn out to be superhit.. Now i want to make brownie of triple quantity . So what quantity of all d ingredients should be..??
Thanx in advance.
just triple the ingredients proportionately. thanks for the feedback on the brownie recipe.
Thanx for your reply Amit… i want to make this recipe with triple quantity what changes i need to make with all the ingredients..??”
prachi, i have already replied to your query. please check below. refresh the page and you will the comments.
My brownie got stick to the baking tray itself… after some tapping it came out to be broken.. is it because i have reduced the quantity of oil or something else
prachi, i don’t thick is because of that. i hope its not a new pan. in new cake pans or tins cakes or brownies do tend to gets stuck for the first time. also grease the pan well with oil or butter.