East, Homemade, Chewy And Fudgy

Who doesn’t like a finger licking good, gooey fudgy brownie experience right? Well, my kid doesn’t! At least not yet! Whereas her parents, we, are die hard chocoholics! But I am serious when I say these are the best moist brownie recipe!

Choosing a favorite brownie is like choosing a favorite pizza. Everyone has a favorite kind of brownie it is either fudgy or cakey with or without nuts. I love both kinds. But I lean toward fudgy types! Here is my own version of fudgy homemade chocolate brownies! After, what seemed like tens of thousand brownie making attempts, I ended up loving these homemade chewy fudgy chocolate brownies.

Magic Ingredients

Mixing Up Fudgy Heaven

Somethings to note about this recipe:

• I promise you won’t try another store bought brownie from a box after trying these!
• I highly recommend using a hand mixer for this recipe. This brownie batter is pretty thick and it is very important to aerate it after the addition of eggs.
• Unlike other recipes, you don’t need to use a double boiler in this recipe. These are homemade chewy fudgy brownies with cocoa powder. Yay! Yes, this is one of the easiest brownies recipe ever!
• In a scale of 1-10 of fudginess and chewiness, these brownies are 10 in my book. But you want even more fudginess (more than what it is now), take out the baking pan half way through the baking and gently tap on your kitchen counter. Then put it back in the oven and finish baking. This method inflate your brownies and makes it FUDGIER!
• If you want the fudgiest brownies you can STOP BAKING AT 30min. Brownie will be cooked and it will be a very soft ever so fudgy brownie!
• If you want a brownie that is CHEWY AND FUDGY brownie then bake this for 45min (We prefer this version).
• Adding a tiny bit of espresso powder in the batter will in fact enhance the flavors of chocolate even more!
• Feel free to add nuts to this recipe if you would like that. I omitted that just to keep these fudgy fudgy!.
• The best part of this brownie is how easy it is to make. In fact, prep time is literally ten minutes or less.

Fudgy Wonderful

Shiny Chewy Tops and Fudgy Insides

Some factors that help with fudginess and chewiness of a brownie:

• The high fat vs cocoa vs sugar in these brownies are intentional. The more cocoa the better. Usually double the amount of flour or more in a recipe works wonders.
• Sugar adds the chewiness to the fudgy brownies.
• 325F is the holy grail of temperature in cooking perfectly fudgy brownies.
• You must experiment with your oven. Not to mention that uneven hot spots in ovens can cause varying results.

I am sure that you will have a high intensity fudgy, chocolaty experience after trying these homemade chocolate brownies. Have fun with this fudgy brownie recipe.

After you checkout these brownies, take a moment to enjoy our colorful strawberry pizza.

Delicious reward.

Homemade Brownie Heaven

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Easy Fudgy Homemade Chocolate Brownies

Fudgiest homemade chocolate brownies!! Shiny fudge heaven! Simple recipe but addicting outcome! High cocoa ratio in this recipe results in the chewiest fudgiest brownies ever.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chewy brownies, chocolate brownies, fudgiest brownies

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 55 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Calories 194kcal

Ingredients

• 3/4 Cup Regular cocoa (Not dutch processed.)
• 9 Tbsp Butter melted on low heat (See notes.)
• 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
• 2 Eggs (large)
• 1/3 Cup Flour
• 1 Tsp Espresso powder (Optional)
• 1 Tsp Vanilla essence.
• 1/4 Tsp Salt

Instructions

To make the brownies

• Preheat the oven at 325F. And grease a 8inch square baking pan and set aside.
  
• Melt the butter in a 2-quart sauce pan or something similar on LOW heat. Let the butter melt slowly. Note: Melting butter on low heat helps you to get to work soon after you melt it. Melted butter that's too hot will cook the egg and it won't be a good brownie plus it takes too long to cool the butter.
  
• Transfer the butter to a medium sized bowl. Add cocoa and sugar to melted butter. Mix thoroughly with hand mixer.
  
• Add eggs, vanilla essence and mix well with a hand mixer for at least 2-3 mins or just mix the heck out of it! 🙂 Since we are not using any leavening agents here, it is important to aerate the batter.
  
• Fold in the flour, espresso powder (if you are using it) and salt. Mix JUST till everything is combined without leaving any white streaks. Do not over mix after the addition of flour and other dry ingredients.
  
• Using a spatula wipe the batter into a 8inch x 8inch pan (oiled and lined with parchment paper. ) and level the top with the spatula.
  
• Brownies are done when the center of the brownies is set and does not jiggle. You can stop at 30mins if you want a very soft and fudgy brownie. We baked it for 45 mins and it was so chewy and fudgy! I prefer a chewy, fudgy version! Unlike a cake, when these brownie are cooked, a knife or toothpick inserted will not come out completely clean. This just mean that brownies are extra fudgy.
  

Notes

      Notes:

• Regular cocoa powder works the best here. Do not use dutch processed types.
• Mixing and aerating is very important for this batter. Make sure to use a hand mixer for a successful brownie experience.
• Unlike a cake, when the brownies are done a knife inserted might not come out clean completely. It is simply because the brownies are EXTRA fudgy.

Nutrition Facts

Easy Fudgy Homemade Chocolate Brownies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 194 Calories from Fat 91

% Daily Value*

Fat 10.1g16%

Saturated Fat 6.1g38%

Cholesterol 50mg17%

Sodium 64mg3%

Potassium 157mg4%

Carbohydrates 28.1g9%

Fiber 1.6g7%

Sugar 25.2g28%

Protein 2g4%

Calcium 130mg13%

Iron 0.2mg1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10.1g | Saturated Fat: 6.1g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 157mg | Fiber: 1.6g | Sugar: 25.2g | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 0.2mg

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My Version Of Gluten Free Fruit Pizza:

I want a slice! Now!

In this version of Strawberry dessert pizza you will find,

• The crust is a gluten free dessert pizza crust. This is like a soft sugar cookie crust and is similar to a shortbread crust.
• Frosting is light and in fact is not heavy as regular cream cheese frosting ( butter is excluded.)
• Touch of apricot preserve in the glaze and in the frosting adds subtle note of freshness also adds a pleasant contrast to the pizza.
  

  Best of everything 🙂

  

  Strawberry pizza prep.

  

  Eye Candy.

  

  Colorful close up of Strawberry pizza.

A friend of mine, Eszter who is a self made professional chef  introduced me to fruit pizza concept. I was like, what!? I had no idea that this was a thing! And as I heard more and more about it, it made so much sense!. Strawberries on a soft crust with creamy frosting? There is no reason, not to love it!

Strawberry Days

Strawberry and dark chocolate in one dessert! Yum!!

I associate summer with fruit desserts easily. Almost 25 years ago now, I spent couple of Summers in Germany. My mom used to leave for work after giving me couple of baskets of ripe, vibrant strawberries. I used to dip them in sugar and eat them like ‘I was left starving for days’. Those days are still very bright in my memories wrapped in the scent of ripe strawberries. Ever since, anything strawberry and strawberry related stops my heart. The smell of ripe strawberries when you walk into a market makes me do things I don’t want to! Like buying way too many strawberries!. Developing recipes with strawberries are very easy as well. Not only they are delicious they are amazing subject for any food photography!. Ever since I have seen this blog post, I knew strawberry desserts are so perfect for food photography.

Creating Core Recipes For Delish Buzz

As Delish Buzz is a brand new site, I am trying to have some recipes that are tweaked to work for my needs. Recipes that can serve as foundation for the recipes to come in the future on this site. Hence, this is a gluten free recipe. I prefer my desserts gluten free, if possible. However good gluten free recipes are hard to come by. No doubt, there are millions of recipes out there. However, I had hard time finding a gluten free sugar cookie recipe that can hold fruit pizza layers. After making a trillion of test batches of cookies I finally found a combination of ingredients that worked good for my version of strawberry pizza.

Delicious reward.

Layers of flavors. Crunchiness and Creaminess.

Since there are plenty of strawberries on this fruit, I am just going to consider this as healthy dish! What do you all think? Please let me know what you think of this recipe strawberry pizza 🙂

Please refer to the tips in the recipe section before you try this recipe.
If you would like to try another wonderful dessert recipe from us, please try this!

Caramelized banana fritters with rich dark chocolate rum sauce.

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Strawberry Pizza Recipe With Dark Chocolate,Pistachio and Apricot Glaze.

This is an easy gluten free dessert pizza recipe. I am also including regular gluten version for anyone who prefers regular sugar cookie crust.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword dessert pizza, european fruit pizza, gluten free fruit pizza, strawberry pizza

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour 13 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 33 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Calories 470kcal

Ingredients

For the gluten free crust

• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 4 Tbs Butter (Room temperature softened butter).
• 1 Cup Gluten free flour (Recipe added below.)
• 1.5 Tbs Egg (An egg is usually three tablespoons. Crack an egg and whisk it before you measure it) See notes.
• 1/2 Tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 Tsp Vanilla essence or lemon zest.
• 1/4 Tsp Sea salt

For the gluten free flour

• 1/2 Cup Coconut flour
• 4 Tbsp Corn starch
• 1/2 Cup Rice flour
• 2 Tbsp Ground ( in a blender ) sunflower seeds or pecans or almonds.

For the strawberry pizza

• 3 Tbsp Pistachio
• 1/2 Pint Strawberry
• 3 oz Dark chocolate chopped.

For the frosting

• 8 Oz Cream cheese
• 4 Tbs Condensed milk
• 2 Tbs Apricot preserves or jam
• Zest of half a lemon.

For the apricot glaze

• 1/4 Cup Apricot preseve
• 2 Tbs Water

Instructions

For the gluten free crust

• Preheat the oven at 350F. Cream butter and sugar together about three minutes making sure the butter aerated well. P.S. Don't leave you butter out too long. You will need butter that's semi soft (not too mushy but soft, slightly firm but easy to aerate with a hand mixer) to work here. So after in Summer days, your butter will be ready in 2 hours.
  
• Add egg and beat till it is well combined. Then blend in vanilla essence or lemon zest.
  
• Add the dry ingredients (use only one cup of the above gluten free flour recipe) baking powder and salt in one addition. Beat the mixture till you see no dry ingredients in the mix.
  
• Resulting dough is slightly sticky but will be very manageable in your hands. Oil your hands with olive oil or coconut oil. This dough is pliable enough for you to spread it with your fingertips. Line a pizza pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Oil it with coconut oil or butter and oil your hands. (See notes.) 
  
• Spread this dough thick. Like 1/4th of an inch. Since this is a gluten free crust, you will need the thickness to the hold the pizza with the fruits on it. This will be a small fruit pizza and will serve six people.
  
• Bake the dough in the preheated oven for 13 minutes. Watching the dough from 10 minutes and onward to make sure it is not browning too much. You want an evenly brown pizza base.
  

For making the frosting.

• Cream together cream cheese, condensed milk, apricot preserves and lemon zest. Beat this mix till the frosting is fluffy and creamy, about two three minutes.
  

Putting together the strawberry pizza.

• Let the gluten free crust cool first for an hour. Spread the frosting generously on the crust leaving the edge of the crust without any frosting, which will help holding the pizza slices in your hands.
  
• Slice strawberries into thin slices. Arrange strawberries in any patterns you like. We chose a circular pattern stacking strawberry slices. And make sure to leave room for pistachios and dark chocolate in between the strawberry arrays (See notes). Glaze the strawberry pizza using the apricot glaze. Use generous amount of glaze since this add so much flavor to this pizza.
  
• Slice and hold it in your hands. Enjoy the vibrant colors. Take a bite enjoying the lightly lemon scented creamy frosting on this wonderful crust. Strawberries will give you the touch of summer. Pistachios will provide crunch and the dark chocolate will add a rich flavor contrast. Well, While I did all this, my wife and my kid made sure to disappear the rest of the pizza 🙂 Enjoy folks!

Notes

      Notes:

• The gluten free crust is very soft soon after it is baked. Allow it to rest and cool for an hour before topping the pizza.
• I found that coconut oil is much better for oiling the pizza pan. It made it easier to release the crust from the aluminum foil.
• It is easier to glaze the strawberries first and then to sprinkle on the pistachios and chopped dark chocolate.
• Measuring an egg might be a new concept to some. But to measure, crack it open, whisk it then pour it on to the measuring spoon. Like me, don't try it scoop it up in the spoon!. That was a miserable fail!.

Nutrition

Calories: 470kcal | Carbohydrates: 52.5g | Protein: 6.6g | Fat: 27.6g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 273mg | Fiber: 1.3g | Sugar: 41.3g | Calcium: 1260mg | Iron: 0.2mg

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Caramelized banana fritters with rich dark chocolate rum sauce.

This is an easy recipe for banana fritters and they will disappear in 60 seconds or less I promise! I took this exotic treat a bit further and jazzed it with caramel and chocolate rum sauce.

Many Versions of banana fritters:

Though there are many versions of these treats out there in the world (some examples are Jamaican, Indian , Filipino versions), this banana fritters recipe is a bit different.

• Some versions of this use plantains. I used regular bananas here because it is easily available and due to its bold flavor.
• I added turmeric and sugar to the batter for getting the glorious bright gold colors of caramelization when fritters are fried.
• Cinnamon adds an extra depth to this recipe. With dark chocolate sauce this is a divine treat.
• Firm bananas are stuffed with vegan caramel chews. The soft melted caramel is an additional layer of richness.
• I neither used any eggs (to keep this simple,vegan and you just don’t need it! These are rich and delicious even without eggs.) or any rising agents like baking soda here.
• Additionally, though these are called fritters, we are not deep frying them in this recipe.
  

  Chocolate sauce drizzled yummy easy banana fritters.

I am crazy about this simple banana fritters. I always loved the combinations of chocolate and bananas! Then again, to me almost anything goes well with chocolate! No difficulties or confusion there.

Good Old Days:

Growing up with my grandma, she made these fritters from time to time, as after-school treats. The whole house was filled with the smell of banana frying in coconut oil.  So these are glued to my childhood memories. Whenever I miss my grandma and those good old days, I make these. In fact, to tell the truth, it happens every week. Nowadays, I usually sit back and sip my black tea with banana fritters, filling up the room with aromas of this complete comfort food. This recipe is like the quickest time-space portal that takes me back to a very warm and cozy place of comfort of my childhood. Those days treats were simple and rare.

Close up up yumminess.

Beautiful golden crispy banana fritters with thick chocolate sauce.

My Version:

To tell the truth, frankly, I never had banana fritters combined with cinnamon, chocolate, caramel and rum! Caramel somehow goes along with cinnamon in my mind. And the chocoholic in me, came up with this idea after eating churros.  These royal ingredients together, create an exotic treat for sure. As you can see, I surely am addicted to food!

Banana fritter batter I used here, browns to a golden yellow color because of the added turmeric and sugar to the batter. The sugar with cinnamon caramelizes the batter to a slightly crispy divine shell with all the goodness inside. The bananas are filled with some vegan caramel chews (Yes, let us take it to the next level.). It melts inside the crispy exterior and creates an intense flavor combination with the dark chocolate dipping sauce. Dark chocolate, the rich dark kind works well with this recipe giving the sweetness of melted caramel a contrast. Dark chocolate with rum creates a very glossy sauce that coats these vegan banana fritters perfectly.

I hope you ‘go bananas’ making these and go easy on the rum guys!

P.S. If you want to try another wonderful vegan recipe, try our very first post vegan cashew pesto pasta

Crispy warm banana fritters with thick chocolate sauce.

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Banana Fritters With Chocolate Rum Sauce (Vegan)

Vegan banana fritters are easy to whip up and are delicious. They have crispy golden outsides with banana and melted caramel inside! Sparkling melted dark chocolate sauce adds extra yumminess. This recipe for banana is ready in minutes.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Asian, Caribbean, Indian

Keyword banana fritters, crispy golden fritters, dark chocolates

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Calories 552kcal

Ingredients

How to make banana fritters:

For the fritter:

• 1 Banana. Banana should be firm. It should not be too ripe and soft. Cut in to four pieces.
• 3-4 Vegan caramel chews. Cut these length wise into then strips. Like these vegan caramel chews.
• 3-4 Tbsp Coconut oil. For frying.

For the batter:

• 1/4 Tsp Turmeric. For color (optional).
• 1/2 Cup All purpose flour.
• 3 Tbsp Coconut sugar or regular granulated sugar.
• 1/4 Tsp Cinnamon. If you do not like this or allergic to cinnamon, you can skip this.(Optional)
• 1/4 Cup Cold water. Chilled is better.

For the chocolate sauce:

• 1 Tbsp Rum. Any kind of rum will do. This is an optional ingredient. Purely personal preference! 🙂
• 1.4 Oz Dark chocolate. You could use any type of chocolates. Though dark is preferred to go along with this recipe.

Instructions

For the fritter:

• Use firm bananas for this recipe. Ripe, soft bananas is not a good choice here since we stuff these babies with caramel inside. Cut one banana into two pieces in the middle. Slice each piece lengthwise without breaking the banana.
  
• With a teaspoon (using the tip), core the middle of each slices, just enough to place sliced caramel chews in to the grooves.
  
• Place caramel strips in to the grooves. This is a bit tricky but is very easy once you do the first one or two. Set the caramel stuffed banana slices aside.
  

For the batter:

• Combine cinnamon, sugar and all purpose flour with turmeric. Add 1/4 cup of water to form a thick, gluey batter.
  

Final Steps:

• Heat coconut oil at medium heat.
  
• Place the banana slices into the batter one by one with the caramel stuffed sides facing up. Move around the slices without breaking them so that the batter coats under the slices. And pour the batter over the banana slices making sure the batter coats evenly over the caramel pieces. Place the fritters in the hot oil. Cook until each side is golden brown.
  
• After making sure banana slices are fully cooked, remove them, let them drain on a plate lined with paper towels.
  
• While fritters are being cooled. Melt chocolate on a double boiler. When it is melted, remove from heat and add rum in to the melted chocolate. Stir the rum in thoroughly. 
  
• Dip each slice in to the dark chocolate and enjoy these pieces of heaven while they are warm.
  

Notes

  Notes:

1. Turmeric is optional. But turmeric is a powerful antioxidant. Go overboard using them!
2. These fritters are not deep fried intentionally. You certainly can deep fry these if you want to.
3. Bananas must be firm. It is hard to stuff bananas if they are too ripe and soft. Any varieties of bananas or plantains can be used here if they are available.
4. Caution: Do not reach for these fritters while they are hot. Bananas can reach extremely high temperatures when you fry them covered in batter. Steam from these babies can burn you in seconds. Let them cool first.
5. Vegan caramel chews recipe links are added to the ingredients list. You could also purchase them from Amazon.

Nutrition Facts

Banana Fritters With Chocolate Rum Sauce (Vegan)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 552 Calories from Fat 195

% Daily Value*

Fat 21.7g33%

Saturated Fat 16.5g103%

Cholesterol 6mg2%

Sodium 67mg3%

Potassium 370mg11%

Carbohydrates 83.1g28%

Fiber 3.3g14%

Sugar 48.8g54%

Protein 6.4g13%

Vitamin A 150IU3%

Vitamin C 7.4mg9%

Calcium 60mg6%

Iron 2.3mg13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 552kcal | Carbohydrates: 83.1g | Protein: 6.4g | Fat: 21.7g | Saturated Fat: 16.5g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 370mg | Fiber: 3.3g | Sugar: 48.8g | Vitamin A: 150IU | Vitamin C: 7.4mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 2.3mg

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