Vegan Black Forest Brownies

Here’s a quick way to transform your standard brownie recipe with one simple ingredient!

Vegan Black Forest Brownies is a prefect way to may an easy last minute treat just in time for Valentine’s Day!

I’ve recently been coveting those Oregon Cherries that have somehow been popping up in all the shops I visit.

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But I thought “I’ve already done Black Forest Cake so what can I do with these amazing cherries?”

 So get ready for Black Forest anything and everything because I am starting with these super easy Black Forest Brownies

And by tomorrow I will be showing you Black Forest Cheesecake with a combination of this brownie recipe for the base and cherries swirled throughout the batter!

I am picking my favorite fudge brownie recipe to substitute the liquid in the recipe with the cherry juice from the can.

Then just add chopped cherries to the batter and you just made an intense cherry brownie!

If you are super lazy you can simply take my Boxed Brownie Hack and do the same thing!

If you go that route you will simply use cherry juice in place of the water I have hacked in that recipe.

Then add 1 cup of chopped cherries to the batter before baking!

I have step by step tutorials for each recipe on YouTube so if you need some visual instruction be sure to click through and check out each recipe and video as listed in the ingredients below

But for those who just want to get right to it, the written instructions below are easy enough!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL YOUTUBE STEP BY STEP VIDEO FOR HOW TO MAKE THE FUDGE BROWNIES!

The ganache icing is completely optional but so amazing!

Vegan Black Forest Brownies

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Bake time

30 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

Prepare a ¼ sheet pan with pan grease & parchment paper liner
Preheat the oven to 350°F

Serves: 15 brownies

Ingredients

• All Purpose Flour 2 cups (250g)
• Baking Powder ⅔ teaspoon
• Salt ⅔ teaspoon
• Granulated Sugar 11oz (311g) *this is about 1½ cups + 1 Tablespoon
• Vegan Butter 12 Tablespoons (170g)
• Molasses 4 teaspoons
• Semi Sweet Vegan Chocolate 3 ounces
• Cherry Juice from the canned cherries 5½ fluid ounces (162ml)
• Natural Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons (85g)
• Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons (10ml)
• Canned Cherries drained and chopped 1 cup
• ½ Recipe Ganache for the icing *optional

Instructions

1. Bring the vegan butter & molasses to a boil add the chocolate and whisk constantly to melt
2. Remove from heat
3. Add the cocoa powder and whisk smooth
4. Add the cherry juice and then transfer to a large mixing bowl, add the vanilla extract & the sugar
5. Whisk smooth
6. Sift the flour, baking powder & salt into the batter and stir just to combine, do not over mix
7. Add the chopped cherries to the batter
8. Spread into the greased & parchment lined sheet pan.
9. Add the other measure of chocolate chunks to the top
10. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes
11. Cool completely in the pan then flip it out carefully onto a cutting board, remove the parchment paper and cool the rest of the way.
12. Prepare the ganache as per the recipe instructions on that blog post and when it has cooled to spreadable consistency ice the cooled brownie then cut into 15 portions

Notes

Vegan Black Forest Brownies can stay at room temperature for one or two days, but for longer storage refrigerate loosely wrapped for up to 10 days

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