Easy Delicious and Homemade Chocolate Brownies
It must be said that not all brownies are created equal. There are the brownies you buy at the grocery store all wrapped up in cellophane, the ones at the bottom of an ice cream sundae at the fast food joint and then there are the homemade ones, fresh from the oven. While some people are satisfied with buying a box of brownie mix, adding two ingredients and voila, instant brownies, the true chocolate brownies connoisseur know that making it from scratch is the best way to go. Truthfully. it doesn’t take much longer than the mixes and the taste makes it all worth the effort.
It’s time you tried out this easy brownie recipe to show you just how simple it can be. It’s a likely bet you’ll never go back to boxes again. First, consider the ingredients:
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup walnut halves (optional).
Notice that this recipe calls for cocoa instead of the messy chocolate melting squares. Don’t worry, your brownies will still be gooey and chocolatey.
The directions simply couldn’t be easier. The first thing you’re going to do is melt the butter or margarine (butter is a much much better choice) and mix all the ingredients together in the order listed. Pour the mixture into a 9 x 13 greased pan and bake for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees.
To make the brownies your own, you may consider adding peanut butter, coconut or pecans to the mixture as a list ingredient. Another option to get a less cake like consistency, you may want to reduce the flour down to 1 cup. To reduce the fat in the brownies, you can cut the butter in half and substitute in 1/2 cup of applesauce. This will increase your baking time, but will cut your calories and fat as well as increase the moisture. Additionally, this recipe will stay moist for several days after baking, so you can plan ahead for parties if you want to bake them a day or two in advance with no drying out or brownies getting hard and stale.
To decorate your brownies, this recipe is truly so sweet that you don’t need a frosting. Instead, lightly sprinkle powdered sugar across the top for effect.