We’re all in quarantine-baking mode out our way. My niece made some AMAZING cupcakes (she really should be a pro baker) and we couldn’t have any (social distancing, and five-hour drive LOL), so we had to at least bake some brownies over here. Some of us like nuts, and some of us are unadventurous don’t, so I made them both ways.
Some of you have asked for the recipe, so I hope you’ll consider popping over to the shop to pick up a copy of Everyday Cooking, where you’ll find our award-winning brownie recipe on page 126 (yes, our cookbook has almost 200 pages of family-tested, mommy-blogger-reviewed recipes!). And if you just can’t wait and want it RIGHT NOW, you can order the digital version as a download for your tablet!
Meanwhile, enjoy the recipe. (And pop on to our Facebook page with your photos of your brownies when you’re done!)
- 2 sticks butter (or 1 stick butter + ½ cup oil)
- ¾ cup cocoa
- ½ cup semisweet chips (No chocolate chips? Just increase sugar to 2 cups, cocoa to 1 cup)
- 3-4 eggs (for fudgier brownies, use 3; for cakier brownies, use 4)
- 1 ¾ cups Sucanat or sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 ½ cups fresh flour (or 1 ¼ c. AP/all-purpose) For fudgier brownies, reduce by ¼ cup
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- nuts (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 (or 325 for glass or dark pans).
- Grease 11x7 or 13x9 pan.
- Microwave chocolate chips, cocoa, and butter on HI for 2 minutes, stirring to blend, and making sure the butter is very hot, to dissolve the sugar in the next step.
- Stir in sugar till mostly dissolved. Mix in eggs and vanilla till smooth. Add flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Spread into prepared pan.
- Bake 35-40 minutes for 11x7, 25-30 minutes for 13x9, till toothpick comes out barely clean or with a few moist crumbs clinging.
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2 thoughts on “Mom’s Brownies”
These look amazing! I love that you also recommend using freshly ground flour! Just wondering what grain you use specifically for your brownies! Thank you!
I usually use hard white or a combination of soft white and barley. We sometimes do half whole grain and half all-purpose unbleached for a lighter brownie.