Wednesday, December 21, 2011

What Brownies Taste Like at My House

My sweet dreamer, my oldest daughter, has really been finding her way around the kitchen these past couple of weeks.  Bless her heart, she's not very attuned to details, so I was rightfully worried when she asked to make her first batch of brownies.  She did great, and it was a little more work than when my son started to bake cookies, but she is over the moon with her accomplishments, masha'Allah, and I'm so proud of her.  Here is the recipe we've been making brownies with for some time.  It's a toss up between this one and some other one I can't find, but we do like these a lot.  They just don't taste so good after the second or third day, but they're not given that many hours to sit around in this house.

1 1/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
2 eggs
2 Tbsp water
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup nuts, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease 8*8 baking pan although 9*13 will work.  Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in a small bown and set aside.  In a saucepan, melt butter and chocolate squares over low heat, stirring occasionally.  Once melted, remove from heat and add sugar, eggs, water, and vanilla.  Stir vigorously until well mixed.  Stir in dry ingredients.  Fold in nuts if desired.  Bake 18-22 minutes.  Cool and serve!

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