The Best Gluten-Free Brownies
Fudgy and delicious, these are the best gluten-free brownies! They’re actually the best brownies ever, gluten-free or not! I’m so excited to share the recipe with you and hope you love them as much as I do! This is an older post that got a little photo refresh.. and we got to eat a ton of brownies.
The Best Gluten-Free Brownies
Gluten-Free Brownie Recipe
PrintBest Gluten-Free Brownies
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup brown rice flour mix (see below) OR 1/6 tapioca flour + 1/6 potato starch + 1/3 brown rice flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (or vegan butter)
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs (can also use flax eggs)
- 3/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 325. Position rack in lower-middle of oven.
- Line a 8 in square baking pan with foil and grease with cooking spray.
- Combine flour, salt, baking powder and xanthan gum in a small bowl and set aside.
- Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler (or melt in the microwave for about 45 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds).
- Whisk in sugar, vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Continue to whisk until mixture is smooth and glossy.
- Add flour mixture and whisk until incorporated.
- Stir in nuts (if you wish to add them).
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with wet crumbs.
- Cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes.
- Remove brownies from pan by lifting up foil and cool completely on rack.
- Cut into squares or triangles.
The quality of the chocolate makes the difference, so I picked these adorable Tcho baking critters. They’re almost too cute to melt!
Check out this cute little hedgehog:
After melting the chocolate in the microwave (for about 45 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds), I whisked in the sugar, butter, egg and vanilla until thoroughly combined and shiny.
Then I added the flour mix. I like to keep a gluten-free flour mix on hand (recipe below), but you could also wing it on the spot. I filled a 1/3 measuring cup halfway with potato starch and halfway with tapioca flour, then filled another 1/3 measuring cup with with brown rice flour.
Whisked it all together
Then poured the batter into a greased baking dish.
There’s a trick you can try that will save you cleanup and help you cut your brownies better: Line the baking dish with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. When they’re done and have cooled for a bit, you pull the whole thing out – aluminum foil and all – let it cool, then cut it up.
Either way, you’ll have delicious, fudgy gluten-free brownies.
These gluten-free brownies are especially delicious with a scoop of coconut milk ice cream on top. Your family might just go so nuts over these that there will be very little left to enjoy the next day.
Gluten-Free Brown Rice Flour Mix
PrintGluten-Free Brown Rice Flour Mix
Ingredients
- 2 C Brown rice flour
- 2/3 C Potato Starch (not flour)
- 1/3 C Tapioca Flour (also known as starch)
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and store in an airtight container to use as needed.
Looking for a flourless brownie? Here’s a sweet potato brownie recipe to try!
If you’d like to satisfy your brownie craving in a less treat-like fashion, try these brownie batter protein bites.
xoxo
Gina
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I could use a brownie today cuz ive already had cake and might as well add to my food baby 🙂
I could use a brownie today because I finally beat my weight plateau of 130 and I am 3 lbs away from my long time goal of 125 !!! 🙂 This is crazy news for a serious chocoholic!
Hi Gina! I need a brownie today (and I mean NEED) because the 27 week old little girl in my pregnant belly LOVES her some chocolate and is kicking away for her fix! Her mommy loves it too and finds its one of the few pleasures getting her through these long 9 plus months!!! 🙂
These sound AMAZING! I want some so badly 🙂
I could use a brownie because it’s Wednesday 😀 …I never need a special reason to eat brownies (my fav dessert ever!) but it you need one…I got an offer today from my dream dance company and I wanna celebrate with YOUR brownies!!!
I could use a brownie because my fortune cookie that came with my dinner today was EMPTY. I am expecting no fortune tomorrow…my dad told me I should take the day off work because of my fortune(less) cookie means it’s going to be a bad bad day.
i could use a brownie because… it’s passover, and manischewitz brownies just don’t cut it 🙂
I could use a brownie because I worked for over 10 hours two days in a row and I opened a gift of Twitter bird shaped cookies today only to find out they are not vegan.
I need a brownie not just for myself, but for my cousin! She is a celiac and I’m seeing her this weekend for Easter. She would love nothing more than to indulge in an amazing brownie without feeling guilty about it! I can’t technically speak for her, but I can imagine she would be thrilled 🙂
Also, forgot to mention… what is a double boiler? Am I just a kitchen retard for not knowing what that is??
I could use a brownie today because my 9 month old son is TEETHING! (Need I say more?!) Chocolate makes the screaming more bearable:)
I could use some brownies because I’m nearing the end of my semester and finishing up my Master’s degree. STRESS = CHOCOLATE! . . .and I just looove chocolate! 🙂 Those look delicious!
I could totally use some chocolate lovin this entire week! I am enduring the stressful time of COLLEGE FINALS (boo!) and everyone knows that CHOCOLATE helps you get A++’s ; ) hehe or at least helps ease the stress! 🙂
I could use a brownie today because I am [this close] to graduating from my master’s program in a few weeks and it’s been carrazzyy lately!
I could use a brownie after being stuck in the library all day working on a presentation for class tomorrow!
I got a parking ticket today 🙁 So a brownie would cheer me up for sure!
I didn’t think I needed a brownie today…until I came home to a smelly garbage can in the kitchen that needed taking out, which led to a realization of how dirty the kitchen was, and thus a full-on kitchen clean at 9:30 p.m. So, I would love a home-made brownie that doesn’t require making the kitchen dirty again.
I could use a brownie because my sweet pup is sick and I had to take a half day off to take care her. Now I have 4 more hours of work to do and it is 10pm 🙁
My senior thesis is due Friday so I would kill for a brownie asap! haha! Have a great day Gina!
Brownies made my Gina- yes please!!
I NEED a brownie NOW because I’ve just endured about 6 months of Northeastern, harsh, merciless winter and the end doesn’t even seem in sight! And I’ve been running outside all 6 of those months!
i could use a brownie because the new project i’m working on involves calling INDIA at night at 9:45pm and in the morning at 8am every day for 4 months… our firm uses offshroe services to save money for the client and facilitate 24×7 work cycles, however i feel like i am CONSTANTLY working now. 🙁
I could use a brownie today because….
1. I got pulled over…
2. Got off work late
3. My plans fell through for tonight..
4. It’s that time of the month…
5. …and because EVERY day is a good day for chocolate!
I could use these brownies b/c tomorrow, thursday, marks four weeks of no white sugar or even stevia and no white flour, fruits minimal. I’ve been really good! and I’ve lost 10lbs in 4wks and 2 inches off my thighs. So, a healthy version made with stevia please would be AWESOME!!!! Thanks so much!!
I need a brownie (okay… not just one) today because (insert desperately tired student plea here) I’m in the midst of writing my last set of final exams of veterinary school EVER (besides national licensing next year… oy), am writing my 5th exam this week tomorrow morning, and am totally pooooooped from minimal sleep and maximal cramming! Coffee and chocolate are saving my sanity right now 😀 😀 😀
I would LOVE to have had a brownie today while cramming for my final exams coming up!
I could use a brownie because it’s Wednesday 🙂
YUM! Thanks for sharing! I could use a brownie after a long training run for my 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks. 🙂
I could really use a brownie because I had an accidental needle stick at work on Saturday (working in an ER definitely has downfalls… but usually I love it more than anything!). I’ve been worrying myself sick until I get the patients HIV and Hepatitis B/C results, as well as my own that had to be drawn.. and have to be drawn 4 more times this year. I also had to cancel an appointment to donate blood, which I do as often as I can, because of the needle stick.. so I’ve been very bummed the past couple days, and could really use a delicious treat!
I could use a brownie because this week I found out that I need to get A’s on my last 3 projects for me to graduate from college in 3 weeks. I pretty much won’t know I graduated until the day before I’m supposed to walk. Talk about heartbreaking because I have a job offer and I don’t want that to go away!
I could use a brownie because I just started choreographing a children’s production of “Jungle Book” for a local children’s theater.
30 children jumping and dancing around and making monkey sounds…. I need a brownie and a glass of wine. They are going to be amazing by opening night. I would save the brownie for after the show.
And I’m newly gluten free and looking for my chocolate brownie/cake fix.
Man, tons of these people sound like they need a brownie faaaar more than me! But my brownie needs? I <3 chocolate. I'm in exam season and I have pneumonia. But mainly because I am a chocoholic.
I could definitely use a brownie because I’ve taken 9 chiropractic school finals in the last week…and still have one to take tomorrow! Yum! Thanks Gina!
I gave up sweets for lent, and these puppies would be the greatest “welcome back” treat!!
I could use a brownie because finals are coming up and I just registered for next semesters classes. Only 2 more years. 🙂
I could use a brownie because I’ve been stuck in the library all day studying for a dental school radiology final!! 🙁
Thank you for the recipe! Have a great Easter weekend <3!
Ohh please send brownies this way! We’re in the beginning stages of planning our wedding and I’m browsing locations as I type this…so.many.options!
I just finished an entire afternoon and evening of parent-teacher interviews (from the teacher side) and could definitely use some brownies to recharge. Even if I don’t win, I can’t wait to try making them on my own!!
I could use a brownie b/c hello, it’s a brownie! When do you ever not need one? 🙂
I could use a brownie b/c hello, it’s a brownie! When do you ever not need one? 🙂
I could use a brownie for sooo many reasons:) I just completed a 25k and have a marathon in 3 weeks. And i’m continously trying to find recipes that i can eat because of my gluten free sugar free diet:(
I could use a brownie because my boss is totally crazy!!
Looks delish! I could definitely use some chocolate.
I could use a brownie today because I am beginning my 6th month of pregnancy and am changing by the day. I will be in maternity clothes full time any day now, and never know what will fit! That said I am feeling great!
I would take a brownie any day!! Plus I worked a 12 hour day today 🙂
I could use a brownie today because it’s been 6 weeks since I’ve had sugar (gave it up for Lent) and it rained, then snowed, then rained, then snowed, then rained…ALL. DAY. LONG. Here’s to hoping it’s sunny tomorrow! Thanks for the giveaway girl!
From time to time I’ve eliminated gluten from my diet. The thing that always kills me is baked goods. If I had some awesome gf treats, I could totally get back on the bandwagon.
I could use a brownie because…my boyfriends mom is here for a week, i havent heard back from the 99 jobs ive applied to but on a positive note im running faster!
I could use a brownie today because I gave a presentation at work that went awful. Like hide under your desk and hope people think you are out of the office awful.