I sell more vegan brownies than I do the Classic Fudgy Brownies, That is not because they are better, but because they are more hip. Do not underestimate them though. They are just as good, and some say even better than the real thing.
As with the Fudgy Brownie recipe, this too is the exact recipe I use in my business. Follow the recipe to the letter. Do not attempt to tweak it. I did already. These are as fudgy as brownies should be. No cake-like brownies on my watch.
INGREDIENTS
Attention. You will need a food processor or a blender.
90 grammes of SILKEN tofu. I prefer what you get in the Asian stores, but you can buy it wherever so long as it is the silken kind.
1/2 cup of oil. (about 120 ml) I use rapeseed oil, but sunflower or peanut is fine. A tasteless oil is best.
1/4 cup non-dairy milk (about 60 ml) Oat, soy, almond …. Whatever.
1 cup of sugar (half soft brown and half white if you want)
1 cup of flour — about 160 grammes (I often use half spelt, and half wheat. All spelt is too much!)
1/2 cup of the absolute best cocoa powder you can afford. I use Valrhona.
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 level tablespoon cornstarch.
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
METHOD – as ever, read this through several times before you start.
Line your 8 inch square brownie tin with greaseproof paper/baking parchment/backpapier – whatever you call it.
Have a mixing bowl ready for the brownie batter.
Preheat the oven to 325°f or 162°c (Well, 160°c is fine!)
As with all recipes, put the ingredients out and in front of you. Double check. It is the only way to prepare to bake.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, cornstarch and salt into a bowl. Put it on the side.
Have the sugar ready of course.
Put the tofu, the nondairy milk, and the oil into a food blender/food processor. Put it on high speed and whip the crap out of it, it will become smooth, and fairly thick and creamy. Scrape the sides down as necessary.
Put this tofu mixture into the mixing bowl, add the sugar, and whisk with fervent zeal. Add the vanilla and stir in.
Add your flour mixture, ideally sift it in, but you don’t have to. Fold it into the wet ingredients, until it becomes smooth. You need to maybe use a bit of oomph, it will be pretty thick.
Put the batter into the pan. You can push it down and into the corners with the back of a spoon. It will be too thick to spread out on its own. It will spread out a little during baking so you don’t have to get too manic about spreading it out precisely.
I put pecan nuts on the top because they are so delicious and have a great crunch. That is optional though and you do not have to do that.
Bake them for about 30 minutes. Do not overbake. You will see when they are set it is pretty obvious.
Let them cool. Eat. If there are any left over you can keep them in the fridge or just covered. Depends if you like cold brownies or not.
CQ.
The above photos are all pics from me doubling the mass. Just so you know.
A Bottled Rose 
Hey Val,
Vegan brownies made with tofu! Ingenious. I bet Hannah can’t get enough of them. Love the addition of pecans on top. Yum.
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Are you using a stand mixer? Just curious if that will work or if I need to use the food processor which has a lid (for splashing reasons). The stand mixer is easier to wash. 😉 I am going to make these asap as I am meeting up with a vegan friend tomorrow.
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I use a food processor, but a stand mixer would work just fine. Anything that whips it up into a creamy milkshakey consistency. Let me know how it goes. Can’t really go wrong. Hope they are not famous last words …….. 😄
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Hello Val,
I am wondering how many grammes of flour? Our flour is a little different from the flour in Austria, plus I find it gets more or less packed depending on how I pour it into whatever I use to measure up the quantity, so always prefer weighing.
Last time I tried making brownies with silent tofu they became too crumbly, so I want to be careful not to add too much flour this time.
I just found vegan waffles made with tofu, so it seems silken tofu can make many sweet treats better!
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Silken, not silent! Autocorrect is not my friend!
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Hi Ingeborg. About 125g ish. I never pack a cup – just fill and level. These are quite forgiving so 125 will be fine.
Yeah – silken tofu is great in vegan cooking, especially sweet stuff.
I will now edit the post and put the grammes in for the flour!! xxx
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Thank you! I will use your pictures to compare and see if I may need to keep some flour back.
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Don’t! My pics are are double amounts ……. I usually make two batches at a time.
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Well, I do plan to make a double batch given the size of my baking tin, even bought some pecans.
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Ah. Well 8 inch sq is the perfect size. What size is your tin?
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Anyway – it doubles just fine, you have to adjust baking time in a larger form. Let me know. 😉
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Mine is 13×9 so maybe I have to do some maths to get the right amount of batter! I do have larger oven pans for baking too, however most of my smaller equipment for baking is tins with a detachable bottom, typically intended for sponge cake and I won’t try them for brownies or blondies.
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STOP!!! I have just reweighed in the shop. it is about 160 grammes of flour. crap. Hope I am not too late …….
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No, you are not too late! Not for me anyway. I plan to whip up those brownies sometime during the week. I just found some potatoes, fennel and apples I need to cook today, so no time for baking, I’m sooo out of practice, so it takes a while, even with uncomplicated brownies!
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I think you will be fine with 13 x 9. standard large batch size. I make other brownies in a pan that size.
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Might find you need about 40 mins for them.
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Sound and look scrumptious! And as you know, I have a number of vegan friends…why, you already made a bucket of vegan brownies for them. 😉
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