Salted Almond Brownies

These almond brownies are unbelievable! They’re straightforward to make with cocoa powder to create an additional fudgy center. Then we bake them topped with a number of toasty almonds and a little bit of sea salt.

You doubtless have all the pieces you might want to bake these unbelievable almond brownies! They’re primarily based on our in style brownie recipe, with over a thousand pleased opinions, and use easy components like cocoa powder, butter, and sugar.

We primarily based these on my favourite chocolate bar, which has darkish chocolate, bits of almonds, and sea salt. Like my favourite chocolate bar, these brownies lean to the darkish chocolate and bittersweet facet, which works properly with the ocean salt and chopped almonds.

Key Elements

Almonds and Sea Salt: I really like brownies with nuts a lot! Walnuts are in style, however on this recipe I’m going for complete almonds and chop them roughly since I really like the additional texture. In case you’d desire extra finely chopped or sliced almonds, go for it. You possibly can combine them into the brownie batter as a substitute of including them to the highest, as I do within the photographs. I really like flaky sea salt (like Maldon sea salt flakes) however use what you’re keen on. When you have further almonds, make some home made almond butter (which might be superb swirled into these brownies) or save them to make our apple almond espresso cake.

Cocoa powder: Use any unsweetened cocoa powder on this recipe. I’ve used pure, Dutch-processed, and even uncooked cacao on this recipe. For a chocolate taste just like Oreo cookies, attempt Dutch cocoa.

Butter: We use 100% butter within the recipe. In case you use salted butter, miss the salt referred to as for in our recipe beneath.

Granulated sugar: This balances the bitterness of unsweetened cocoa powder. Brown sugar works in our recipe, however you may lose the crinkly high. It could additionally make the brownies softer and extra fudgy within the center.

Eggs add richness and supply construction to the brownies.

All-purpose flour: These straightforward brownies want a small quantity of flour for construction. We wish further fudgy brownies, so preserving the flour to a minimal helps. For gluten-free, many readers have used a gluten-free flour mix like Bob’s Purple Mill on this recipe.

How one can Make Almond Brownies

These brownies with almonds are primarily based on our fudgy brownies, which has a video, so for further assist with making the brownie batter, I extremely suggest hopping over to our brownies recipe to observe the video.

You’ll make the batter in a saucepan, which means you don’t want a bunch of blending bowls and fewer dishes! First, soften your butter, then instantly stir in sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and a little bit of salt. This heats the combination, which we take into account top-of-the-line methods for superb brownies. The sugar heats up, and the cocoa has an opportunity to bloom, which suggests it should style even higher once you take your first chew! I usually use this trick of heating cocoa powder in chocolate recipes (for instance, I do it when making these chocolate cupcakes).

After a minute or two of letting the combination cool, I add my eggs separately after which the flour. From there, you’ll unfold the brownie batter in a baking pan and high with a number of chopped almonds and a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.

Bake the brownies in a 325°F oven till the sides are set and the center seems barely underdone. You should utilize a toothpick to inform when they’re prepared to come back out of the oven and search for a small quantity of batter left on the toothpick. And bear in mind, brownies proceed to agency up as they cool, so although they could look underdone, they are going to be excellent when cooled to room temperature.