When I realized that I didn't have brown sugar to make chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, I looked up a recipe for brownies on allrecipes.com. Many of their recipes are generally reliable as long as they have tons of good reviews and are easy to follow so I chose one that met the criteria. Here's the link to the recipe: Best Brownies Ever. I followed the recipe exactly, but left out the frosting because I thought they'd be too sweet.
I was hoping for dense, chewy brownies because that's just how I think good brownies should be. I hate brownies that have the texture of chocolate cake. Just call it what it is-if it's like cake, call it cake! Anyways, enough of the ranting.
Here's what I did:
I began by melting a stick of butter,
adding sugar,
cocoa powder,
and a little vanilla extract.
Then I added in two eggs,
beat the eggs,
and added the flour
along with baking powder.
After mixing it all up, I poured it into a baking pan sprayed with Pam.
This is the brownie going in...
and this is what it looked like after 30 minutes. I did the "toothpick test" (you stick it in the middle and if it comes out clean, it's done).
After cooling I cut the brownies into little squares.
There's Wuz standing in the background waiting for a piece.
So the recipe overall was really easy to follow and the ingredients are minimal which is nice. When I ate the brownies warm out of the oven, the texture was too much like cake for me so I was pretty disappointed. Being patient and letting them cool completely is worth it though since they flatten a bit and become chewier. They still didn't have the super chewy texture I normally like but are still pretty good.
One of the reviews on allrecipes mentioned that overbeating the eggs can create a fluffier brownie so maybe that's something I could keep in mind if I decide to try this recipe again. Also, the brownies are plenty sweet without the frosting the original recipe calls for.
The verdict:
I give this recipe a 7 out of 10 on the scale of brownie worthiness.
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