cocoa brownies

Hello!

I'm not sure if I have ever shared this recipe here but just in case here it is (my youngest requested a batch of my brownies). I found this recipe a couple of years back in a Good Housekeeping magazine. I tried it because it looked easy and I love baking with cocoa...I love the rich flavor cocoa gives.

Ingredients

1/2 cup all-purpose flour (for my Croats I use oštro brašno)

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt (if using salted butter than skip this)

6 Tbsp. butter (85 grams)

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/3 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (180 degrees C.). Grease 8 x 8 inch metal baking pan. In a small bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.

2. In saucepan, melt butter on low. Remove saucepan from heat; with spatula, stir in sugar, then eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla until well blended. Stir in flour mixture. Spread batter in prepared pan; sprinkle with chocolate chips if using.

3. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in brownies 2 inches from center comes out almost clean. Cool brownies completely in pan on wire rack (if you cut into them while they are still warm it'll be tricky cutting them because they are just too soft).

4. When cool, cut brownies into 4 stripes, then cut each strip crosswise into 4 squares.

Each Brownie - About 120 calories, 2 g protein, 17 g carbohydrate, 6 g total fat (3 g saturated), 1 g fiber, 39 mg cholesterol, 100 mg sodium.

xo

BROWNIES

Hello!

How do I stay cool in this HOT weather (with no airconditioner)...bake brownies of coarse!!! (what was I thinking!).

I found this recipe in one of my Good Housekeeping magazines (my gave me a gift subscription a while back). It's easy and uses cocoa instead of chocolate which I prefer. I probably shared this recipe before but here it is again...for those new to my blog.

As I write this the brownies are almost all gone!!! It's a small batch but I doubled it a few times and it turned out great.

I chopped up some semi sweet chocolate and scattered them on top....you can NEVER have enough chocolate!!!!

Cocoa Brownies

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp.salt (I don't put any salt because my butter is salted)

6 Tbsp. (85 grams) butter

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degress F / 180 degress C. Grease 8" by 8" metal baking pan.

In a bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.

In a saucepan, melt butter on low. Remove saucepan from heat; with spatula, stir in sugar, then eggs 1 at a time and vanilla until well blended.

Stir in flour mixture.

Spread batter in prepared pan; sprinkle with chocolate chips if using.

Bake 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into brownies 2 inches from center comes out almost clean. Cool brownies completely (this step is impossible in my household!!).

When cool, cut brownies into 4 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 4 squares.

Each brownie - About 120 calories

xoxo

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