five spice gingerbread brownies
The spices in Five Spice powder enhance the sweet roasted flavor that naturally occurs in molasses and brings a slightly complex balance to these brownies.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 20 brownies 1x
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13×9 pan with cooking spray or butter.
Melt butter in saucepan and remove from heat. Add extra virgin olive oil, whisking until the fats are combined. Add both sugars and molasses into the fats and whisk carefully to incorporate the sugars and fats together – it may be a little stubborn so mix carefully to avoid splashing the oil/butter in the beginning.
Add eggs and vanilla extract – whisk again.
In a small bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt, ground ginger and five spice powder. Add flour mixture to molasses mixture and stir gently with spatula until flour is just mixed in.
Pour batter into prepped pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with slight crumbs. Let cool before cutting.
Notes
Extra Virgin Olive Oil – use a one that is lighter in flavor so you don’t have an olive oil flavor permeating your brownies. You can also choose to use an additional 1/2 cup butter instead of the olive oil.