Classic brownies with walnuts

A batch of chocolate brownies cut into squares sits on baking parchment atop a wooden board, with a small bowl of walnuts nearby and a striped cloth in the corner.
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This is a classic recipe for brownies, with delicious walnuts! Brownies are actually really easy to veganize 😉

Ingredients

Servings: 12
  • 4 tbsp
    ground flaxseed
  • 115 ml
    water
  • 90 ml
    oil
  • 200 g
    sugar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 125 g
    flour
  • 80 g
    cocoa powder
  • 0,5 tsp
    baking powder
  • 0,25 tsp
    salt
  • 50 g
    walnuts roughly chopped

Instructions

  1. Mix the ground flaxseed with the water and leave this until it has become a thick mixture.

  2. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC.

  3. Mix the oil with the sugar and then add the flaxseed and vanilla. Mix well until smooth.

  4. In another bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt and mix this through the wet mixture. Watch that you do not mix too long. Then fold the walnuts through the batter.

  5. Use the oil to grease a baking tin of about 20 by 20 centimeters and pour the brownie batter into this. Bake for 15-30 minutes, depending on how soft or hard you want the brownies to be.

Tags

Courses: Dessert, Sweet
Type of dish: Cake, pastry
Cooking time: 30-45 minutes
Cuisines: American
Difficulty: Level 2 (medium)
Preparation method: Boiling, Microwave, Oven
Taste: Sweet
Number ingredients: 10-15 ingredients
Keywords: brownie