Prep time
15 mins
Total cook time
50 mins
Serves
9 people
Level
Easy
About the recipe
Indulge in the ultimate French brownie 🇫🇷🍫 A rich, gooey dessert with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, loaded with chocolate chunks and crunchy caramelized pecans. This easy homemade brownie recipe is perfect for chocolate lovers, featuring a fudgy center and a slightly crisp top for that perfect bite every time. Skip the boxed mix and create a bakery-style treat that’s gluten-free friendly, simple to make, and guaranteed to impress family and guests alike. Ready in under an hour, this decadent dessert will quickly become your go-to for indulgent sweet cravings!
Ingredients
Caramalized Pecans
- 1/3 (60 g) cup sugar
- 3-4 teaspoons of water
- 1 cup plus (125 g) pecans
Brownie
- ½ cup (120 g) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup (120 g) baking chocolate
- ½+ cup (120 g) sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/3 cup (40 g) sifted flour (or your favorite gluten-free flour)
- 2 pinches of salt
- ¼ cup (40 g) chopped chocolate
Preparation
Caramelized pecan directions
- In a small pot mix the sugar and water together. Mixing often, bring it to a boil creating a light syrup.
- Once at a boil, after 1 minute, turn off the stove.
- Add and mix the pecans in the syrup covering all parts of the pecans.
- Place parchment paper on top of a plate, and pour the pecans and any leftover syrup on top of the pecans.
- Let sit and cool.
- After 10-15 minutes, chop the pecans in pieces.
Brownie directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
- Melt the ¾ cups (120 g) of chocolate and the butter together in a “bain marie” or a double boiler, completely making the mixture fluid.
- In a second bowl add the sugar, eggs and vanilla and whisk together.
- Add the melted chocolate into the second bowl and mix.
- Add the flour, salt and mix.
- Setting aside a few chopped pecans for the top of the brownie, add the pecans and ¼ cup (40 g) chopped chocolate and mix.
- Line an 8 X 8 inch dish with parchment paper and pour the batter into the dish.
- Top the brownie with the remaining pecans.
- Cooking times: 20 minutes for a cooked but crazy super moist brownie and 25-30 minutes for a moist but more dense brownie. The brownie is finished cooking when a knife slips out clean from the center.
- Once finished cooking, remove from the oven and let cool.
- Be careful this brownie is chocolatey and gooey due to the chocolate chunks! No complaints though
The brownie can be left outside of the frig but covered, for a day or kept in the refrigerator for 5 days. It can also be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
