Boxed Brownies … never again. Well, not that I made them very often anyways. I’m not sure why but brownies is something I never really made much. A while ago I found a recipe that I thought looked pretty easy so I wrote it in my little recipe book of favourites (which I don’t usually write in until I make the recipe and see that it is book worthy). Well my friends, this recipe is definitely a keeper! They were absolutely delicious. I couldn’t stop eating them.
Thank goodness I have a little more freedom with what I can eat now (see my Dukan Diet Series). I had company over the other night so I made them for dessert. Wow! So good!
2 C of sugar
1 C of cocoa
1 C of flour
4 eggs
1 C butter or margerine
pinch of salt
1 – mix dry ingredients together (flour, cocoa)
2 – mix together butter, eggs, and sugar
3 – mix dry and wet ingredients together
4 – pour in a greased pan and bake for 25 – 35 minutes at 350.
6 – Let cool for 10 min in pan then remove to rack
5 – Ice with chocolate icing
Notes:
– For the cocoa I used Hershey’s brand, but you can use whatever you have.
– I used whole wheat flour instead of white.
– I ended up putting everything together at once because I didn’t follow the directions and it turned out just fine – just incase that happens to you.
– I used chocolate whipped icing from the container, but you can use whatever kind you like and I’m sure it would be just as good.
– I made the icing a little fancy looking, but you can just slather it on with a knife too!
Enjoy!
Do you have a favourite brownie recipe you would like to share with us? Or have you made brownies that turned out disastrous? Do you even like brownies? Let me know below by commenting below. I’d love to hear about your brownie experiences.
Brownie Bake Off Contest Submit your favourite brownie recipe (from scratch please) in the comments or by e mail at jackman {dot} erin {at} gmail {dot} com by April 20th and the bake off will commence. I will blog about the bake off and contest winners May 20th! Prizes for best and worst brownies! So even if you don’t really bake – you can still win a prize.
I made brownies for the first time too from scratch the other day! I didn't put icing on mine, but they were really good without it, the brownies came out with a nice crust on the top 🙂
Here's my recipe:
Chocolate Brownies
Preheat oven to 325 F
Grease an 8 inch square cake pan.
Sift together (I never bother sifting actually)
3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
Stir in
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
3 TBSP water
1 tsp vanilla
Beat until smooth
Stir in
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I used walnuts)
Turn into pan.
Bake in preheated 325 oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until brownies begin to pull away from the sides of pan (I left mine in an extra 15 minutes because it didn't look like they were quite done at 30 minutes)
Makes 24 squares
Now, to me, THAT was the best Brownie recipe ever!!! But it would be interesting to compare my recipe with yours to see the difference in taste 🙂
Brownie Recipe Bake Off Contest!!! The best brownie recipe will get an awesome prize!
This looks like a good recipe too. Perhaps we need to have a brownie bake off sometime! 🙂 Anyone else out there who wants to share their recipe and have it added to the bake off, then post it here and I will blog about the bake off and the best brownie recipe. Get in on the action! We need more brownie recipes because I will give a prize to the best brownies and we can't let Paula win so easily! Don't worry, I won't let myself win, but I will still put my brownies in the competition. From scratch brownies only please. You have one month to submit your recipe! Contest will close April 20th and then we will do some brownie baking. I will select a panel of judges to decide the winner.
Good luck! 🙂
Wow, that's exciting! Great idea, can't wait to see what other recipes are submitted! There are so many variations on the Brownie recipe its crazy 🙂
Have you taste tested all of your brownie recipes yet? Rough job but someone has to do it! 🙂
I have not taste tested them yet! I’m looking forward to it. Two recipes were submitted… and a big thank you to you and Paul for submitting. I am not going to be able to judge so that it’s fair! 😉 Best of luck to both of you!
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