Has anyone noticed that every single one of my recipe posts so far has been brown? Completely chocolatey... nothing else! For someone who claims open-minded variation, my single-minded focus when it comes to chocolate is quite peculiar. But I can't help but post one last chocolate recipe before broadening my food-blogging horizon to include less food-racist things.
The reason i'm delaying my resolution is because of the ultimate chocolate baked dessert. The brownie.
There are so many (SO MANY!) creative ways to shake up your brownie timeline, but one has to work up to those riskier, more complicated recipes. One must start with the classic brownie. And the classic brownie is in no way inferior to its brothers. No, it has the purest brownie flavor of all.
There is another aspect to brownies I should discuss. There are 3 kinds of brownies:
The Goey Brownie: The coplete opposite of dry, this one's my favorite.
The Chewy Brownie: Dense and rich, this brownie is a close second for me.
The Cakey Brownie: Light and fluffy, I find this brownie too dry and don't enjoy eating it. Go somewhere else for your cakey brownie recipes.
Decide what you like before making brownies you won't even enjoy eating. Which would be a massive loss and cause for grief.
I got this recipe off the Hershey's website here, and it's pretty good.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts or chocolate chips (optional)
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F (around 177 degrees C)
- Grease 9-inch square baking pan.
- Stir together butter, sugar, and vanilla in bowl.
- Add eggs and beat well with spoon.
- Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well blended.
- Stir in nuts or chocolate chips if desired.
- Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
- Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
