Craving a warm and gooeybrowniebut fresh out of cocoa powder?
All chocolate starts from the beans of the cacao (kay-KAY-oh) tree.
The beans are fermented, dried, roasted, and cracked.
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The extraction process produces cocoa butter and an intense brown paste called chocolate liquor.
Now that the science is out of the way, let’s get tohow to substitutechocolate for cocoa powder.
In general, a 1-ounce piece of unsweetened chocolate can replace 3 Tbsp.
of called-for oil for each ounce of chocolate substituted.
What if you only have milk chocolate or sweetened chocolate on hand?
Unfortunately, sweetened chocolate is not a reliable exchange for unsweetened chocolate in your recipes.
You could also get creative with your boxed brownie mix for a quick sweet treat.
