Hi Bold Bakers! When I made my microwave mug brownie it was a huge success, and it went
viral with over 6 million views. So I thought to myself, what could be better than a brownie
made in the microwave? Well how about a whole batch of brownies made in the microwave? You
are not going to want to miss this. The recipe can be found on my website, BiggerBolderBaking.com,
along with all of my other microwave recipes. Okay, let's get started in a saucepan. Over
low heat, add in your water, sugar, and chopped chocolate. You just want to heat these together
until the chocolate melts, roughly 3-5 minutes. Once your chocolate has melted, turn off the
heat and set it to the side to cool down. Now we’re going to sift together our dry
ingredients. So in goes our flour, cocoa powder, raising agent, and some salt. And then just
sift all of these ingredients together. The reason that we do this is because cocoa powder
can be very lumpy, you wanna make sure that you get all of the lumps out. And listen,
I said cocoa powder, I did not say hot chocolate powder. Hot chocolate powder is very different.
If you're a bold baker you're gonna need some good quality cocoa powder. Okay, looking good,
so now I'm gonna set my dry ingredients aside and we’re gonna finish mixing up our wet
ingredients. So now the reason that we did our chocolate mix first is because we want
it to cool down before we add in the next ingredients. So into this I'm going to add
a little bit of flavorless oil. Now you can use canola oil, vegetable oil, any kind of
oil except for olive oil, because that’s quite strong. So now next we’re going to
add in some eggs, now if you do not eat eggs, don't worry, you can always replace them with
flax egg, and that will work really well too. Now of course it wouldn't be Bigger Bolder
Baking without a little bit of vanilla extract, which I absolutely love in brownies. And then
what you want to do is just swiftly whisk all of these together. So now the difference
between these brownies and my best-ever brownies is that these are chewy brownies and those
other ones are fudge. I really, really love these, because they still are fudgy but they
have that lovely chew. Okay this is all mixed up, great, now we’re gonna take this and
pour it into our dry ingredients. Then simply whisk the ingredients together until they
form a batter. So now you know what I'm gonna say here, don't over mix your batter because
it will toughen up your brownies. So just gently fold it together, like so. And then
into this, you cannot have brownies without lovely chocolate chips so we’re gonna scatter
in a few of those too. And then just give them a little swirl in. I'm not sure if you
can see this in its entirety, but this is a really big brownie batter. They are going
to make some huge brownies, so, brace yourself. Okay, this is ready, now we’re gonna put
it into our mold. So here is my brownie mold, it is an 8x8” silicone mold, perfect for
the microwave. I'm gonna put a link on my website of where you can buy this, it’s
really inexpensive, however if you don't want to buy one of these, you can always use any
8x8” casserole dish, or anything that is safe for your microwave. So go ahead and pour
in all of your batter. As you can see it will go all the way to the top. That is just fine.
Then just to finish them I'm gonna scatter a few chocolate chips on top. Okay, so now
it’s cooking time, now you can bake these in the oven if you wish, now you can bake
them off at 350ºF or 180ºC for roughly 30-40 minutes. However, we are going to microwave
them so I'm gonna pop them into my microwave, and start them off at around 6 minutes. So
the beauty of micro-baking is that it steams your desserts so they end up really moist
and soft. Now if you haven't seen my other recipes for cakes in the microwave, I've made
a Funfetti cake in the microwave, even a carrot cake, and a whole cheesecake. Make sure you
go check those out because they on my website. [Ding!] So it’s been 6 minutes, and it looks
like it’s almost done on top, however I know it needs more time underneath, so I'm
gonna put it on for another 2 minutes, to make sure that it is fully cooked. This timing
is based on my microwave which is 1200w, so check the wattage of your microwave because
your timing may vary. [Ding!] So our brownies smell amazing, now you can tell when they're
done because it’s firm on top, and there's no wetness. You also might notice that there's
a crack in my brownies, that's totally fine, it means that it’s cooked all the way through.
It is gonna be a beautiful texture underneath there. So now here's what we want to do. We
have to resist the urge to eat them, we’re going to leave them in the mold, let them
go totally cool, until we’re ready to cut them. So here's a brownie that I made yesterday,
it is nice and cold, and ready to be cut. So I'm gonna cut it 3x3 now you can cut it
much smaller than that if you want, but I just want to show you a big brownie. Oh my
gosh, I can feel my knife going through these, they're really fudgy on the inside. So check
these out! Total and utter fudgy-ness going on over here. These are cooked to perfection.
If you go too far won’t get that lovely moist center. This is exactly the way I like
my brownies. I like to serve these warm, with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, and
chocolate sauce drizzled over. Oh! That was a mouthful. Oh my gosh, this is so good. It
is super fudgy, it definitely is a little bit chewier, oh my gosh. And it has a thin,
crispy top. It is so hard to believe that this was made in the microwave, perfect on
the inside, crunchy top, brownie perfection. These brownies take no time at all to whip
up and cook in less than 10 minutes. Who would have thought you could make a whole batch
of brownies in a microwave? I'm gonna be bold and say I think we’ve got some real competition
here for my best-ever brownies. Thank you so much for watching, the recipe is on my
website, and I’ll see you back here really soon, for more Bigger Bolder Baking. Mm!