When you need an afternoon caffeine hit, it doesn’t get much better than these Pick Me Up Coffee Brownies. For those who aren’t big fans of the coffee flavour, it’s not overwhelming. In fact it really serves to make the flavour of the chocolate in the brownie much more pronounced. Of course if you’re a coffee lover, increase the coffee for a fuller flavour.
Pick Me Up Coffee Brownies
Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
Rich chocolate brownies infused with coffee for an energizing sweet treat.
Course: Baking, Cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, RecipesCuisine: MediterraneanDifficulty: Easy
Servings
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12
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
45
minutesCalories
0
kcalTotal time
55
minutes
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Ingredients
.66 cup Dark cocoa powder
1.5 cups Brown sugar
.5 cup Icing Sugar (Sifted)
1 tsp Salt
1 cup Plain flour
4 tsp Instant espresso
3 Eggs
.33 cup Vegetable oil
2 tsp Vanilla extract
2 tbsp Strong coffee
2 tbsp Powdered milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees.
- In a large bowl bring together the cocoa powder, sugars (reserve some icing sugar for dusting if you want), salt, flour, and espresso powder.
- To this add in the milk, eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla and coffee. Stir until just combined, be careful not to over-mix.
- Scoop this batter into a prepared square baking dish (grease it first and line with baking paper) around 20cm in size.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until cooked through. A toothpick inserted in the middle will be a little moist.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.
- Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before serving.
Clare Whitfield
Chief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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