Fudgy coconut brownies
By Sarah Cook
Cooking time
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 50 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Cuts into 16 squaresDense and gooey, these storecupboard treats are made with cocoa rather than bars of chocolate
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 358
- protein
- 3g
- carbs
- 43g
- fat
- 21g
- saturates
- 13g
- fibre
- 2g
- sugar
- 35g
- salt
- 0.39g
Ingredients
- 100g cocoa
- 250g butter
- 500g golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 100g self-raising flour
- 100g desiccated coconut
- icing sugar, to dust (optional)
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Method
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line the base of a 21cm square tin with baking parchment. Put the cocoa, butter and sugar in your largest saucepan and gently melt, stirring so the mixture doesn’t catch. When the cocoa mixture is melted and combined, cool slightly, then stir in the eggs, little by little, followed by the flour and coconut.
- Tip into the tin and bake for 45 mins on a middle shelf – check after 30 mins and cover with another piece of baking parchment if the crust is browning too much. Cool in the tin, then carefully lift out and cut into squares.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2010
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
These are fantastic. The coconut gives it something extra and adds some texture without being too strong (I'm not usually a fan of coconut). Everyone who has one raves about them and I haven't found any other brownies that are anywhere near as good as these. They are really simple to make too. This is what I usually bake when a friend is having a bad day.
Thanks for sharing this,i love it =)
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I don't know what happened to my butter-cocoa-sugar mixture: turned-out all lumpy and grumpy... I was going to throw it away (and throw in the sponge...) but I decided to give it a try. Well: if that happens to you too, don't give up! Most lumps melted while cooking, but the few left gave these brownies some crunchiness which was not bad at all...
Delicious Brownies and very economical! Glad to have found a great brownie recipe that does not need chocolate, which can push up the costs. Chocolaty and the coconut adds great texture. Cooking time was 45 minutes exactly, although I did cover with baking parchment after 30 minutes. Highly recommended.
Sensational brownies enjoyed with coffee during a "Christmas Symposium". Lots of favourable comments "exactly what real brownies should be like"!!
A little trick you might want to try... I cooked these for 45 minutes, turned the oven off and left the tin in overnight. Next morning I had no problem cutting them into 16 pieces and they were definitely gooey and oh so delicious! Such a doodle to make.
