Normal baking recipes can suffer from Denver’s thin air. Here is a brownie recipe that is certain to be a hit!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 9 |
| Yield: | 9 brownies |
Ingredients
- ⅞ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup butter, melted
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips (Optional)
- ½ cup chopped pecans (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch square baking dish.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a separate bowl, stir together the melted butter, sugar, and vanilla. Mix in the eggs. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans if using. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan and the top appears dry, 35 to 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 459 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 55 g |
| Cholesterol | 103 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Sodium | 284 mg |
| Sugars | 42 g |
| Fat | 27 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
These brownies are delicious, chocolatey, and chewy. They will satisfy any chocolate fix you need.
Third time making this recipe. Our cabin is at 6,500 feet. Backed 48 mins. Came out awesome. Included the chocolate chips.
I pretty much followed the recipe to a T. Came out really delicious but it didn’t stay together the well. It was perfect with vanilla ice cream.
I live in Denver, CO, and have used this recipe for years. It’s a family favorite. Makes perfect brownies every time.
Dry! dry! dry! Taste good.! Requires a lot of ice cream!
I live at 8600 ft in Utah and this came out like a cake 3 eggs for brownies? I should have known…
We are living in Guatemala at 7,500 feet and really missed being able to make a good brownie. This is the one that worked. Thank you for making it available to us.
We are living in Guatemala at 7,500 feet and really missed being able to make a good brownie. This is the one that worked. Thank you for making it available to us.
Absolutely wonderful brownies. I was just looking for a brownie recipe because I was craving them. This one popped up and I am at almost 6000 feet so I gave it a try. I used baking chocolate instead of cocoa powder. That is just my preference. I melted the butter in the baking dish as the oven was preheating, then poured it over the sugar. This really makes it extra good. I will make this again. I didn’t have chocolate chips, but it was still excellent. Yum. I think this is my new go to brownie recipe even if I’m home at 3000 feet! Thank you for sharing.
I followed the recipe exactly. The brownies rose very high and overflowed the pan and then they collapsed very low. They tasted super oily and I could not eat them. We do live at a higher altitude, 12000 feet so maybe that was the problem.
I have made these twice, adjusting the recipe for mile-high Prescott, AZ–between 5,500 and 6,000 feet. I used almost all organic ingredients (flour, butter, sugar , vanilla and eggs), except for the nuts and chocolate to avoid GMOs. The second time around I used one cup of flour, and about 2 cups of Fisher whole walnuts, instead of the pecans and chocolate chips. This is a very rich, moist, chocolaty (I used Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa powder) delicious recipe that doubles beautifully . . . although I baked it about 5 minutes longer in a large Pyrex dish. Buttering the dish, then lining with parchment and buttering again, allows you to lift out the entire recipe for ease in cutting. I always trim off the ends and eat those the first night. After refrigerating, it cuts beautifully for gifts.
Phenomenal brownies at 6575′. We like them fudgy so I try to slightly under cook them. Started checking at 25 min but needed 35 min. Poured 1/2 batter into 8″ square pan. Spread with cream cheese filling (Chunky Cheesecake Brownies, on this site). Poured remaining 1/2 batter over cream cheese filling. Use knife in a few circular shapes to marble filling.
Thank you!!! I gave up baking after moving to Denver but this recipe got me back in the game. Made them many times, consistently great brownies for the kids and neighbors
Living in Colorado, brownies can be hard to bake, but these came out great! So rich and gooey with a perfect crust, they hit the spot! Way better than the box kind.
Thanks for the Denver-friendly recipe! Most people I know here have all but given up on baking, but this recipe was a hit at my friend’s dinner party! Will definitely make again! I’m saying good-bye to box mixes!
This recipe is amazing. I made it in Littleton CO. I had tried other regular brownie recipes and they did not work. This is the first recipe that turned out perfect. The brownies didn’t last 24 hours. I’m going to make them for my holiday party!
This recipe is amazing. I made it in Littleton CO. I had tried other regular brownie recipes and they did not work. This is the first recipe that turned out perfect. The brownies didn’t last 24 hours. I’m going to make them for my holiday party!
I live over 8 thousand feet and these didn’t work for me at all. They sank and were hard when I took them out of the oven. They were burned and were not cooked in the middle. I followed the recipe as written.
Mine are still in the oven but the batter tastes DELICIOUS! I am making them like cupcakes, so I hope they turn out well!
I live in Ecuador at 8,000 feet and have been trying out different brownie recipes. This one is fantastic!! I used locally produced cocoa so they tasted soooo delicious! In Ecuador, you can’t buy baking powder so the flour comes with or without baking powder already in it. I used the flour with baking powder – no problema! I made it with chocolate chips.
They turned out!!!!! Thank you you for sharin will be my new go to recipe for brownies…..