Oma's Easy Brownies (Schokoladenschnitten)
My Schokoladenschnitten are fudgy German brownies with almond flair. So fudgy, so lecker, and yes, there’s a vegan recipe too.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup cocoa
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup flour, all-purpose
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1⅓ cup powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1½ tablespoons hot coffee
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease an 8x8-inch pan.
- 2
In a small pot, heat butter and cocoa over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
- 3
In mixing bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar, flour, walnuts, almond extract (optional), salt, and cocoa mixture. Stir together well.
- 4
Spread in prepared pan, smoothing top.
- 5
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until wooden pick inserted in center comes out moist, not wet, with batter. Do not over-bake.
- 6
Cool slightly in pan on rack before icing.
- 7
For icing, beat powdered sugar, cocoa, butter, and coffee until smooth, adding more powdered sugar or coffee as needed until proper consistency is reached.
- 8
Spread over warm brownies. Cut into squares.