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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Why do I need a brownie today….what a silly question:)
Enough said
Happy Easter weekend!
I need a brownie because I gave up baked pastry goods for Lent! This would be a perfect way to congratulate myself on staying away for so long!
Say thanks to your brother from all of us for sharing his recipes!
Hehehe I love your face in that picture!
I could use a brownie because I have a horrrrendous chemistry exam tomorrow… and the only thing that will make my not-so-great grade (I obviously have high hopes for myself) a little better is a boatload of chocolate.
i need a brownie right now because i’m in the midst of my last term of a 1 year pre-med program (i already have a bachelor’s) and i’m studying for the mcat on top of a full load of classes… nothing says brownie like late nights of studying!
I had dinner with my ex and didn’t do anything I’d regret later. THAT deserves a brownie, right?! 🙂
I could use a brownie today b/c I’m spending the week at my parents’ house and their dog hates my dog…thus, I’ve spent/will spend a lot of time keeping those two apart! It’s a lot of work keeping their feisty tiny dog from attacking my fluffy Aussie!
Hello! I could use some delicious brownies because I am in the USAF and am currently deployed to Iraq -four more months to go! My co-workers and I would be so happy to have some delicious homemade goodness in our lives.
P.S. I read your blog every day and have spread the word to other deployed ladies, so you’re famous in Iraq. Haha.
wow, so awesome to hear from you! THANK YOU for what you’re doing over there <3
email me your apo address, and i'd love to send some goodies to you over the next couple of weeks
xoxo
I could use some brownies because I ran 7 miles today and I like to refuel with chocolate. I’ve already had dark chocolate almond butter cups and two squares of ghirardelli dark chocolate orange. Thank goodness I’m on vacation!
I need a brownie because college life requires one. <3
I could use a brownie, ’cause today’s my bithday! 😀
I could use a brownie cause it’s the start to my weekend!
I am diggin this recipe. I plan to make them for a bbq at a friend’s house this weekend- she is vegan, so I really appreciate that the recipe tells you flax eggs can be substituted in. I will be using Smart Balance vegan “butter” also, so I’ll cross my fingers that they still come out yummy! Thanks for sharing, as always.’
You are pretty darn awesome, my friend!
I need a brownie because I’m 40weeks pregnant and if you send me one, it will be just when I need it most! I’ll need some delicious chocolately energy to keep up with my three girls!!!
Wowzers and thanks for the recipe. They look good! Today I could use a brownie to get me through the last day of work befroe the long Easter weekend. Bring on the break!
I’m currently working my 3rd of 4 12 hour night shifts as a pediatric nurse right now-I could definitely use a brownie!
Because I need to/m trying to gain some weight! (Seriously) hahaha.
I could totally use a brownie!!! I just finished up finals and i need some chocolate to refuel my dead brain:):)
I need a brownie because finals week is coming up and I’m going to be spending the next 4 days locked up studying :((
Funny that you should make these because I just had the best gluten free brownies ever also!! We had them on the weekend and silly me didn’t get the recipe…but they were gooey goodness, that I could have kept eating if there was nowhere else around to witness!!
I could definitely use a brownie because I didn’t sleep much Tuesday night (asthma/allergies are so bad right now) and all day at work on Wednesday people kept saying, “Gee, you look tired.” How do you ever respond to that?! And I’m a nurse in the Neonatal ICU so it was a LONG 13 hours on my feet.
I totally need a brownie because I just found out I have a gluten intolerance and cannot find any brownies that are AS delicious as the ones glutteny goodness ones!
I could use a brownie as a 3-day-post-marathon reward today 🙂 Does that count? Those look delicious! So cool that your brother is taking that class.
I. am. at. work. 🙂
I could use a brownie today so I could share it with my sister, because she’s visiting me today!
Yummy! I need a brownie because – well, why not?! 🙂
i could use a brownie because it’s thursday:-) everyday is good for a brownie in my world – oh and i recently found out i can’t eat gluten, so i could really use those brownies!!
I can’t enter because of my allergies, but that recipe looks awesome! You’re lucky to have a chef for a brother! 😀
Final exams are coming up! Enough said!
I could use a brownie to go with a big glass of milk and to sweeten my day!
why? why not – I can always use a brownie. 🙂
I absolutely lovee brownies!!! this recipe is prettyy good!!! 😛 I am trying it out 😀
I need a brownie ’cause I’m comment #438 and pretty sure I won’t get picked.
I have 4 kids I think that in itself deserves a brownie 🙂 Also, I started P90x this week and it’s kicking my butt and I’m so sore, in a good way. I love it, it’s just what I was looking for and so pumped each day to do it. I think my hardcore p90x self deserves a brownie.
I NEED A BROWNIE!! Pretty please?!? Um, my reason for needing a brownie: I teach high school kids! (do I need a better reason :)) Count down to summer baby!
I could use a brownie because my pesky dog at the new sandals I bought for my honeymoon.They were in an under the bed storage bag. He ate threw the bag and threw my nice BCBG sandals. Brownies will help me forget all about it.
I need a brownie because it would go perfectly with the Bravo marathon I’m planning on partaking in 🙂
I need a gluten free brownie like nobody’s business after finally realizing gluten is definitely a problem for me 🙁 I love bread this is going to be hard.
I need one… because I gave up desserts for Lent… four more days! 🙂
I could use some brownies because it’s my last week of grad school for the semester and I am super stressed out! Brownies would sure help. 🙂
I need a brownie because… well, who DOESN’T need a brownie! 😉 I’ve gone vegan for Lent, so if these brownies are set to arrive before Sunday I’d need a special batch done up for meeeeee. If I were to win. Because I never win. 😛
I need a brownie because I just ran a 10k in the pouring sideways cold rain!
PMS… Enough said:)
I need a brownie today because it’s my birthday! 🙂
I need a brownie because I haven’t had chocolate in over 3 weeks. Yikes that is way too long. These look delicious!
because right now its only thursday, and i thought it was friday…
I could use a brownie today because I am having a HORRIBLE week. I don’t want to whine about it so trust me I really could use a whole freakin’ pan of brownies or at least one really yummy one. LOL
Thank you! 🙂
I need a brownie because Lent is almost over and I can eat it again!! Also, worst cramps from hell are in my person right now. =(
Hey Gina! I still have a prezzy for you that I e-mailed you about in FEBRUARY! It is in my trunk! I have placed a sticky on my credit card to mail it! TOMORROW!
Anyway! Brownies! It isn’t me that needs them. It is my mommy. She works with special needs kids. 2 weeks ago, on of ‘her kids’ as she calls them was hit by a car and killed. It wasn’t an accident. He was run down by a very bad person. It has really hurt her and she is having a hard time getting into a new normal. I would love to do anything to try and cheer her up!
I could use one because I stopped eating gluten and Have not had any yummy snacks since. These look so good!
is the giveaway over ? 😀
anyway, i could definitely use a brownie.
i slept for 1.5 hours last night after being convinced that staying up (just because i could) was a good idea.
aaand i just want my face to go on a date with my pillow, right about now.
but, that’s not an option, and so my second remedy would be something luscious and chocolatey 8)