Vegan Brownies.

Name: Vegan Brownies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 9 squares
Ingredients: 2/3 cup flour; 2/3 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/3 cup vegan butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 4 Tbsp apple sauce; 3 Tbsp water

The easiest vegan brownies! Dense & chocolatey, these brownies make the best easy vegan dessert.

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By Shan · Updated October 26, 2026

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Serves: 9
Ingredients: 9

Recipe

Vegan Brownies

The easiest vegan brownies! Dense & chocolatey, these brownies make the best easy vegan dessert.

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Yield: 4 1/2 squares
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes

Ingredients

Dry Mix

79 mL flour (volume measure)
79 mL cocoa powder (volume measure)
1.2 mL salt (volume measure)
1.2 mL baking powder (volume measure)

Wet Mix

39 mL vegan butter (volume measure)
118 mL sugar (volume measure)
2.5 mL vanilla extract (volume measure)
30 mL apple sauce (volume measure)
22 mL water (volume measure)

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2/3 cup flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup vegan butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 Tbsp apple sauce
3 Tbsp water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325° Fahrenheit. Line a 9"x9" baking dish with parchment paper.
Mix dry ingredients together then add the wet ingredients and mix well.
Pour batter into prepared baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cool, then lift parchment out of baking dish and cut into squares.

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