Gluten-free brown rice flour brownies are a moist, fudgy, decadent dessert sweetened with pure maple syrup. You’d never know they’re gluten-free!
Here’s what’s going to happen: You…you’re going to go out and find yourself a legitimate tragedy prior to baking these brownies. Because if you’re already happy before eating these, you will, in a word, implode. With jubilation.
You may want to put on CMT right now and grab a box of Kleenex. Let it out. You just let it right out.
These brownies will slap you upside the head and right all the wrongs. All of them. Plus any wrongs that happen to be strolling within a 100-foot radius. They are gluten free and are made with brown rice flour
, but haste: that does not make them good for you. These are little chocolate sugar bomb babies, reserved for CMT and kleenex sessions.
They are the kind of brownies you only eat while you’re wailing to your girlfriend in a pitch so high only dogs can hear it as she’s painting your toenails and force-drinking you delicious wine.
Okay, you can eat them on a good day too.
How to Make Rice Flour Brownies:
Guess what?! You prepare the brownie batter on the stove top. Have you done this before? I promise it is easy.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the sugar, then the cocoa powder and vanilla extract.
What happens is epic. You have buttery smell good. On the stove top. For brownies.
You then whisk in your eggs and test the mixture for salmonella…using your mouth.
Add in your dry mixture, do more mixing and then in the oven it goes. For what seems like eternity.
Allow the brownies to cool at least 20 minutes before diving in. With a spatula + your face.
Next, what happens is between you and the brownie. No witnesses. What happens to the brownie pan stays in the…brownie…pan…yeah.
I highly suggest enjoying these brownies with some form of ice cream. My 3-Ingredient No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream is a marvelous companion!
More Delicious Brownie Recipes:
- Flourless Avocado Brownies
- Black Bean Brownies
- Flourless Zucchini Fudge Brownies
- Paleo Pumpkin Brownies
- Garbanzo Bean Brownies
- Gluten Free Blackberry Brownies
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Gluten Free Brown Rice Flour Brownies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter melted (1.5 sticks)*
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips plus more for mixing in the batter, optional
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup brown rice flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee or ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and lightly oil an 8” x 8” baking pan (or line with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, mix together the brown rice flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and instant coffee granules. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter (or coconut oil) over medium heat with the chocolate chips and pure maple syrup, stirring constantly. Avoid letting the mixture get too hot because you'll want to cool it. Remove saucepan from the heat and allow it to cool.
- Whisk in the vanilla extract, then the eggs one at a time. Whisk until the mixture is thick and glossy and looks like pudding or ganache.
- Pour in the dry mixture and mix until just combined.
- If you are adding additional chocolate chips, do so now (allowing the batter to cool before adding the chocolate chips will ensure they stay intact).
- Pour the batter into the baking pan and bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until cooked through.
- Allow brownies to cool for 15 minutes before serving!
oh. wow. Hi! These look good, realllly good. I’ve actually been in the market for a GF brownie recipe to bring to a bachelorette party (with a GF bride) — do you think I could use these to make slutty brownies, or might the whole world implode?
Heck yes! Bachelorette the crap out of these! Slut them up, sister! And yes, the whole world will most definitely implode, but we only live once. The rest of the world will understand 😉
Made `em last night. I declare slutty brownies with THESE brownies, to be the best food on the surface of the planet. Pack it up everyone, our work is done.
YES! Now I want to sluttify them! If you feel like telling me what you added, I’ll be sure to make the skankiest brownie on the planet next time the girlies and I get together! SO excited! 🙂
It’s been a week and these are needed!! Good thing I have some brown rice flour on hand. Perfect Friday Treat!
I always need more gluten free recipes for friends! Thanks for sharing! I’m pinning to my GF board 🙂
We have actually had a good week (no one is more surprised than me!) But I think these would taste awesome as a celebration dessert. They look dangerously good.
Super intrigued by these brownies. They look amazing. I think this will be my foray into gf baking!
“Slut them up” HAHAHA! I love you, Julia. These brownies are da bomb!
Those look so decadently fudgy!! I love baking with rice flour because it really adds to the soft, fudge factor. 🙂
These look so amazing! I also love that your posts are funny-funny food blog posts make my day!
Can I freeze the brownie batter for later use ?
Hi Shereen,
I would bake the brownies first and then freeze them, although I’ve never tried freezing brownie batter myself. Hope you enjoy the brownies!
Can I use oil instead of butter?
Yeah. You know that weirdness about Stephie hating chocolate? Yeah. Didn’t come from me. So, I could make these and get lots and lots of them. 🙂
THAT’s the therapy we were talking about. 😉
Ermagersh!! Stop it. How’m I gonna remember these when I have a horrible day and a box of kleenex in my hands? I gotta must make ’em now. My girlfriends and I are going to start a show-watching night, but we haven’t decided on a show to watch! Whatever it is (suggestions?), Imma bring these.
I’d definitely default to a Desperate Housewives maraathon…there’s so much good stuff there! Or Grey’s Anatomy…or Revenge…oh man, I’m jealous, now I want to eat brownies and watch TV shows! 😉
I just made this for a Christmas day luncheon. I used organic coconut flour instead, but it created such dense mixture I had to add apple sauce. I have no clue how it will taste, but I just took them out of the convection oven and they smell divine. I made it with and without walnuts. I can’t eat gluten because I get joint pains so I have all types of flours at home – Coconut, Almond Meal, Almond Blanche, Brown Rice, Soy, and some other mixture I got from amazon that has everything for making bread. Wish me luck, my gluten organic conscious family will be my guinea pigs.
Good luck! So glad you made them! Did you replace the coconut flour at a 1:1 ratio? If so, it makes sense that the mixture would be very dense, as coconut flour absorbs far more liquid (maybe 4 or 5 times more) than brown rice flour. I hope they turn out well and I hope your family loves them! Merry Christmas and thanks for the note!!
Do you think I could use Black rice flour (I am attempting to make some!)? I will try! And you crack me up, I love it 🙂
Hi Anne, Awww, thanks! I’ve never used black rice flour, but if you’ve had success using it as a replacement in the past, I assume it would work. Thanks for your sweet compliment and let me know how the brownies work out 🙂
Julia! The black rice “flour” ende d up pretty gritty 🙁 but it could have been my ghetto coffee bean grinder flour making attempt! Still love the recipe “your” way! Cheers!
Ann F. “If you want to make rice flour at home you need to soak the raw rice in water for 48 hours, changing the water every 12-24 hours and let it air dry until mostly dry to the touch. Afterwards grind in a wet and dry grinder, steel blender, or blade coffee grinder.” You’ll need to grinder from anywhere to 10 seconds to a minute taking breaks every few seconds to avoid damaging the grinding equipment. 🙂 I hope this helps bye.
Been googling googling googling for a glueten free brownie recipe. I finally came upon one with a fudgy yummy looking photo, this one! I plan to make them for my kiddos. While they enjoy a fine frappy type coffee from time to time, I don’t think they will like it in their brownies. Is it there for taste or another reason? BTW, your recipe came up on the first page of my google search when I searched using brown rice brownies (since that’s the flour I have on hand and have never used it before)
Marjorie Cross, smalltownkitchen.com
Just popped these in the oven, I have never made brownies with brown rice flour but they smell wonderful. That sure was a lot of cocoa in the recipe but then again I doubled it t make a 13 X 9 pan. For Julie you add the coffee crystals to bring out all the chocolate flavor. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you Marjorie! I’ll buy some and add it then. Hope yours turned out yummy!!!
Hi, these look great! Could I substitute the brown rice flour for just normal rice flour? It’s what I have on hand? Thanks!
Hi Dee, Yup, you can definitely use regular rice flour! Let me know how the brownies turn out!
I have a number of immune problems and recently decided to go Gluten and lactose free. I’m also trying to stick close to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I replaced the sugar with honey (which is a lot of honey by the way). I just put them in the oven and I can’t wait to take them out. They look great and I’ve been “cleaning” the bowl for a while now. I just hope they make it to my new years eve party!
Thanks for this recipe…my first try at brown rice flour – I’ll let you know how they come out!
Delicious. Wonderful. Thank you for this recipe! Even replacing the sugar with honey they are fantastic.
I’m so happy to hear it worked out with honey! I love the idea of using all-natural sweeteners, and honey is one of my faves, so I’ll have to make the recipe with honey, myself! Feel free to reach out any time if you have questions on gluten-free (or allergy-free) cooking! While I don’t have any serious food allergies, I love making whole food recipes – I find this way of cooking is always a guaranteed way of making you feel good. Happy New Year, and thanks so much for the sweet notes!
Thanks for the laughs on a depressing day with floods and death and sickness and the New York primary.
Taste was dark-chocolate good, but really dry. The taste and texture was more like a dry cake than a brownie. For me, it needs a lot of modification.
Tried this recipe last night. It was very, very dry. My family did not like them.
Hi Naomi, I’m sorry the brownies didn’t turn out! I’ll revisit the recipe this week and will make any necessary changes.
I have these in the oven right now. My daughter is gluten intolerant so I am hoping these turn out for her. Xx
I just made these and I agree that these are too dry. I thought there was also too much cocoa powder which made the texture powdery. I read in the comments and have heard others using apple sauce. Does anyone know how to add in apple sauce?
Hi Jane,
I just re-made the recipe and noted my changes in the recipe card. Let me know if you have any questions!
I’d like to make this in a mini-muffin pan but worry they will dry out too much. Any advice?
Hi Julie,
I would think it should be fine, but I’ve never tested it using a mini muffin pan, so I can’t say for sure. I would add a couple tablespoons of coconut oil or even olive oil just to be sure! Hope you enjoy! xo
Dude! Dude. Dude. You mouth maiden of mouth magic these were insanely delicious. The last rice flour brownies I tried were mega dry and like cake but I just made these and used white chocolate instead of the dark chocolate and did a ratio with 1/3rd ghee and added some cocoa nibs and these are the best brownies I’ve ever made (gluten or no). Super spongy and moist with just enough chocopunch. Thank you thank you. I feel way more comfy with the idea of gf now.
You had me laughing out loud, Sy! I’m so happy you like the brownies! Thanks for the sweet note!! xo
Hey there, can i use honey instead of maple syrup? Thank you for the great recipe
Hi Tishya,
Yes, you can use honey but be sure to keep a watchful eye on the brownies, as honey has a low burn temperature – it tends to burn in baked goods if left just slightly too long 🙂 Hope you enjoy! xo
This deep chocolatey goodness is just what I needed today. And another way to use my brown rice flour. They are delish. Thank you.
I’m so happy you like the brownies! Thanks so much for the sweet note. xoxox
Hi can I swap the maple syrup for sugar? I’ve searched everywhere but I can’t find a conversion for it.
Wow! I just made these today (03/26/22). I was looking for something without all the granulated sugar and wheat flour, for a healthier alternative for my chocolate cravings. I had to substitute semi-sweet baking chocolate for the chocolate chips. It wasn’t quit sweet enough, but texture was wonderful, more cake like, than brownie, but very yummy. I’m going to use the exact ingredients again and just add a cup of chocolate chips, or caramel chips, or both. I didnt include nuts this time either. I was thinking of substituting 1/2 coconut oil and 1/2 ghee for the butter at a later time, too. 🐢💗
Thanks so much for the thorough review, Lynette!! I’m betting the additional chocolate chips or caramel chips would be absolutely amazing, and I’m always all for a nutty brownie. Also love the idea of experimenting with the fat! I’ll have to try all of these adaptations, myself! xo
I can’t have eggs, would flax eggs work in this recipe?
Hi Felicia!
I haven’t tested the recipe using flax eggs or any other egg replacer so I’m not 100% sure it would work. My guess is they may turn out fairly dense, but probably will still taste great. Let me know if you try them! xoxo