I didn't really have a dessert planned, mainly because I have been watching my weight, and just haven't been making a lot of sweets. While dinner (crab cakes) was cooking, I whipped up an easy fudgy brownie. This would fill the bill for dessert for my dad, and a play date snack the next day with one of Adam's friends. The recipe is easy and you probably have all the ingredients in your pantry.
recipe (serves 12)
1 stick of butter
1 c. flour
1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
8 oz. chocolate (I used milk chocolate chips)
1 1/4 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips over a double boiler. Set aside to cool a bit. Cream sugar and eggs until fluffy. Slowly add the cooled chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Add dry ingredients until just mixed. Bake in a greased 9x9 pan for 42 to 45 minutes. Be careful not to over bake. The edges will be slightly crispy but the center should be a little soft.
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You temptress, you! These look delicious. I'm sure your dad deserved every last crumb of them. It's so nice to have parents close by, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI love to make brownies...recipe looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely have to try these! Theanks for the recipe.
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Wow, those brownies look fudgy indeed. Sounds like you had a wonderful treat. I have a new linky on my blog called "Sweets for a Saturday" and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link this up or another sweet treat if you wish. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/01/sweets-for-saturday-1_21.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking this up to Sweets for a Saturday. I really appreciate the support and hope you'll be able to join in again next week. By then I'll have a cute button you can grab.
ReplyDeleteI have made these twice now. First time the standard way. Second time with Andes creme de menthe chips I had leftover from another recipe. Let me tell you, they are delicious with the mint chips! I did make a change though; we like our brownies thinner, so I used a 13x9 pan and decreased the time to 25 minutes. Perfect! Thanks for sharing this recipe. It now goes from the recipes to try file to the cookbook!
ReplyDeleteThese look so yummy, going to make these this afternoon, thank you so much for sharing!
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