(Awesomesauce) Brownies Recipe
Just adding another tag to me journal... plus, Pax is always nagging about the food I eat. xP
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup BUTTER, softened
3/4 cup SUGAR
2 teaspoons VANILLA
2 EGGS
3/4 cup COCOA POWDER
3/4 cup ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
Pinch of SALT
*1/2 cup CHOCOLATE CHIPS
*CHOPPED NUTS
*WHATEVER you like in your brownies
Electronic Hand Mixer
Whisk
Spatula/wooden spoon/some sort of stirring thing
9x9 baking pan
Wax paper
Oven
*Bit of extra flour/grease for the baking pan
*Wire rack
STEPS
*Pre-heat oven @ 350 degrees F/175 degrees C*
01 Using an ELECTRONIC HAND MIXER (low power) -- mix together BUTTER, SUGAR and VANILLA in a LARGE BOWL.
02 After it's mixed, beat in EGGS *ONE AT A TIME* until evenly blended.
03 In a SMALLER BOWL, add COCOA POWDER, ALL PURPOSE FLOUR and SALT. Thoroughly mix with WHISK.
04 Gradually add the DRY MIXTURE into the WET MIXTURE; blend thoroughly with ELECTRONIC HAND MIXER (also on low power).
05 Add in CHOCOLATE CHIPS or WHATEVER if you so desire and hand stir with SPATULA/SPOON.
06 In your PAN, line it with WAX PAPER (the brownies stick like crazy!!), or grease it. I line my pan with the PARCHMENT/WAX PAPER and add a bit of flour on it also-- since the brownies will also stick to the paper quite a bit.
07 Spread BROWNIE MIXTURE evenly onto pan.
08 Pop it into the OVEN -- it will take somewhere in between 30-45 minutes to cook. I leave mine closer to 45 because I like the edges kinda burnt. That's a good indicator of whether or not your brownie is cooked too, are the edges burnt? LOL. Or test it with a toothpick, should come out cleanly, maybe with some brownie flakes clinging to the toothpick.
09 Once it's done baking, let it cool on a wire-rack if you've got one.
10 Best to cut it with a dry, hot knife, I've found.
*Tastes the best once it's cooled/the day after, not while it's still warm, IMO.
* NOM NOM NOM *
**EXTRA NOTES:
-My cocoa powder of preference: SWISS MISS -- 'cause that's what I had around. xP (Is there a COCOA POWDER just for baking? But w/e, my SWISS MISS worked fine. LOL.)
-About the amount of SUGAR/COCOA used, it really depends on how sweet you want it. You can add more or less of SUGAR, and or COCOA as you desire. I guess the safe range would be in between 1/2 - 1 cup for either one.
-VANILLA, most recipes call for 1 teaspoon, I always double what's said... just because. XD
-SALT, if you really wanna get technical, it's also 1 teaspoon; I use a pinch.
*snorts* So I just wrote all of that out via my own memory. XD I hope I'm not forgetting anything... and as you guys can probably see, I'm not the most exact person when it comes to measurement. :P
I've made this three times already. Try one, YUM. Try two, turned into a cake. O_o Try three, YUM! So if anybody uses this recipe, let me know how your brownies turn out. It's a recipe that I've concocted using a few "original" recipes as references.
Ta.
***I should add photos!!***
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup BUTTER, softened
3/4 cup SUGAR
2 teaspoons VANILLA
2 EGGS
3/4 cup COCOA POWDER
3/4 cup ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
Pinch of SALT
*1/2 cup CHOCOLATE CHIPS
*CHOPPED NUTS
*WHATEVER you like in your brownies
Electronic Hand Mixer
Whisk
Spatula/wooden spoon/some sort of stirring thing
9x9 baking pan
Wax paper
Oven
*Bit of extra flour/grease for the baking pan
*Wire rack
STEPS
*Pre-heat oven @ 350 degrees F/175 degrees C*
01 Using an ELECTRONIC HAND MIXER (low power) -- mix together BUTTER, SUGAR and VANILLA in a LARGE BOWL.
02 After it's mixed, beat in EGGS *ONE AT A TIME* until evenly blended.
03 In a SMALLER BOWL, add COCOA POWDER, ALL PURPOSE FLOUR and SALT. Thoroughly mix with WHISK.
04 Gradually add the DRY MIXTURE into the WET MIXTURE; blend thoroughly with ELECTRONIC HAND MIXER (also on low power).
05 Add in CHOCOLATE CHIPS or WHATEVER if you so desire and hand stir with SPATULA/SPOON.
06 In your PAN, line it with WAX PAPER (the brownies stick like crazy!!), or grease it. I line my pan with the PARCHMENT/WAX PAPER and add a bit of flour on it also-- since the brownies will also stick to the paper quite a bit.
07 Spread BROWNIE MIXTURE evenly onto pan.
08 Pop it into the OVEN -- it will take somewhere in between 30-45 minutes to cook. I leave mine closer to 45 because I like the edges kinda burnt. That's a good indicator of whether or not your brownie is cooked too, are the edges burnt? LOL. Or test it with a toothpick, should come out cleanly, maybe with some brownie flakes clinging to the toothpick.
09 Once it's done baking, let it cool on a wire-rack if you've got one.
10 Best to cut it with a dry, hot knife, I've found.
*Tastes the best once it's cooled/the day after, not while it's still warm, IMO.
* NOM NOM NOM *
**EXTRA NOTES:
-My cocoa powder of preference: SWISS MISS -- 'cause that's what I had around. xP (Is there a COCOA POWDER just for baking? But w/e, my SWISS MISS worked fine. LOL.)
-About the amount of SUGAR/COCOA used, it really depends on how sweet you want it. You can add more or less of SUGAR, and or COCOA as you desire. I guess the safe range would be in between 1/2 - 1 cup for either one.
-VANILLA, most recipes call for 1 teaspoon, I always double what's said... just because. XD
-SALT, if you really wanna get technical, it's also 1 teaspoon; I use a pinch.
*snorts* So I just wrote all of that out via my own memory. XD I hope I'm not forgetting anything... and as you guys can probably see, I'm not the most exact person when it comes to measurement. :P
I've made this three times already. Try one, YUM. Try two, turned into a cake. O_o Try three, YUM! So if anybody uses this recipe, let me know how your brownies turn out. It's a recipe that I've concocted using a few "original" recipes as references.
Ta.
***I should add photos!!***