Today, day 2 of kids being home...at about 1pm I was about to loose the very last little shred of what I consider to be my "mind"...so I figured..."lets make BROWNIES!!!" bc really...when do brownies not make everything better?
So here is my go-to recipe for chocolate brownies...they are really really really good...good enough to (almost) make the blood, and dry-heaving, and passing out husbands and not so nice polish ER drs, and being trapped in my house w/ no car and a mind that is slowly fading smaller and smaller.... go away.
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Directions
| 1. | Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook | . |
Let me stress the last three lines of this recipe...they are probably the most important three words out of ALL the words in the entire recipe...I bake for about 20min...I like them nice and gooey....YUM! The recipe my version is based on also calls for frosting..which I think is over-kill and have never made. However, by all means add the frosting if it's a "frosting on brownies" kind of day. I promise you- these brownies alone do not need it. A scoop if ice cream on top? sure...the frosting, eh not so much. source- Best Brownies- Allrecipes.com Enjoy! xoxo andrea |
