Ube Brownies
Here is an easy ube brownie recipe that will surely be a crowd-pleaser. Ube brownies are perfect to be eaten with your hands and are a great snack when you want something sweet and nutty flavor. The beautiful vibrant purple is eye-catching and will surely keep you wanting more. Let's check out this easy recipe!
Equipment
- Baking pan 9-inch X 9-inch pan
Ingredients
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs room temperature
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter 85g
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp ube extract
- ¼ cup ube halaya jam
- ½ cup white chocolate melting type
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 9 inch X 9 Inch square baking dish with parchment paper.
- Brown butter. Take a small saucepan and brown the butter on medium heat until all the butter is melted. Turn down to low heat until little brown bits show up on the bottom of the saucepan.
- Melt white chocolate. Put the white chocolate in a medium bowl and pour the browned butter over. Stir until all the white chocolate melts. Set aside.
- Mix the wet ingredients. Mix the sugar and room-temperature eggs in a stand mixer or hand mixer for roughly 5 minutes. Once you achieve a nice light creamy colored mixture add the vanilla extract, ube extract ube halaya jam and salt and mix for 3 minutes. Add the white chocolate and browned butter to the wet ingredients. Mix until well incorporated.
- Add dry ingredients to wet. Add the all-purpose flour and use a spatula to gently fold the flour into the mixture.
- Pour into baking pan. Pour the batter into the prepared 9-inch X 9-Inch baking pan.
- Bake. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let it cool for 15-20 minutes before removing from the baking pan and cutting them. Enjoy with a glass of milk!
Notes
Let it cool. Let the brownies cool for at least 20 minutes before cutting them into squares.
Under bake. Under baking the brownies is better than overbaking.
Use enough ube extract. When mixing the wet ingredients, you want to make sure the color of the batter is a deeper purple. This is a good indication if the brownies will come out a vibrant and deep purple color. If you see a light or lavender color add more ube extract.
This recipe calls for 1 tbsp of ube extract. This is the key to getting the vibrant purple color. If you don’t want to use too much I would suggest not using less than 2 tsp in order to achieve the color that is shown in my photos. I used 1 tsp and it was a light lavender color brownie.
What can I use instead of ube jam?
If you need a substitute for the ube jam you can steam sweet potato or Asian sweet potatoes and mash it and use ¼ cup.
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