Brownies

Roland went looking for brownies like the kind you make out of a box, only from scratch and with no milk products. He found them at allrecipes.com under the name Mmm-mmm Better Brownies, which the author humbly believes are the best brownies in the world. They are certainly extremely good, at least they were after Roland finished reducing the sugar, increasing the cocoa powder and adding chocolate chips instead of nuts.

1/2 C Oil
3/4 Cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 Cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking powder (<-- I was a little skeptical too. They are dense. When I made it again, I upped it to 3/4 tsp baking powder.)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 Cup chocolate chips (optional)

9 x 9 pan. Preheated 350 degree oven. 20-25 minutes. Author says grease the pan. Roland adds "dust the pan with cocoa". Author's suggested prep is a combine wet except eggs, "Beat in eggs". Combine dry in a separate bowl. Blend dry into wet. I don't know what Roland did, but I would just mix wet, add dry in same bowl and pour it into the pan. Honestly, the best technique is the one that has consistently worked for you in the past.

The author has way more self control than we do, and says this recipe produces 16 servings. In a 9x9 pan, those are teeny, tiny brownies, and Roland made them that way the first time. The second time, he did The Right Thing and cut them in 3 inch squares. Ever so much more satisfying. The half brownie you see in the picture is not the result of the brownies being too large. I decided to have a brownie and a half.

Created 3 February 2014 
Updated 13 June 2017