Showing posts with label brownies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brownies. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2009

Simple Brownies

If you ask me, Brownies are one of the easiest things to make. But just in case, I'm putting a recipe here. These brownies are a hit at our family reunions. I'll put the frosting ingredients at the end, but I never make it, because we like them just fine without it.

Ingredients (I was forbidden to add nuts, but feel free...)2 cups sugar
2/3 cup cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups flour

4 eggs
2/3 cup melted butter
2 tsp vanilla

First, melt the butter and let it cool a little (you don't want it to cook the eggs when you mix them!)
Then mix the dry ingredients together.
Mix the liquid ingredients into the dry. Here is where I realized I did not need my KitchenAid mixer; brownies are easy to mix with a wooden spoon or a spatula. Mix just until blended.
Grease your pan with butter.
Spread the brownie batter evenly.
Bake 20-25 minutes (test with a toothpick; if it comes out clean, they're done.) Please pay no mind to the divot in my brownies. Pretend that I didn't drop a rubber pot holder into the pan on the first check. Sorry I don't have a final pic; they were gone before I had a chance to take one! :)

Frosting:
2 tbls melted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tbls milk
1 tbls cocoa
1/2 tsp vanilla