This is the recipe I’ve used for quite a few years. The icing makes them even better! If you’re used to brownies from a mix, you’ll find these to be much thinner (as in not so tall) but they’re very, very good!
Ingredients for Brownies:
1/2 c. butter
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs
1tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 c. all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
Ingredients for Icing:
3 T. butter, softened
3 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 T. honey
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. powdered sugar
1 – 2 tsp. milk or cream
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour an 8″ square baking pan.
In a medium to large saucepan, melt 1/2 c. butter. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar, eggs and 1 tsp. vanilla. Stir in cocoa, flour, salt and baking powder.
Spread in pan. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes. Do not overcook! (I usually test mine after about 16 minutes and rarely let them bake the full 20 minutes.)
To make icing:
Stir together 3 T. butter, 3 T. cocoa powder, honey, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Add milk if necessary to get to spreading consistency.
Spread over warm brownies.
Okay…here’s a dumb question…how do you KNOW if they are ready to take out of the oven. Does a toothpick inserted in center come out totally clean ….or not? Or do you know by touching the top of the brownies? I am never 100% sure with these things…which is why I probably am not a good baker!!! LOL
I can vouch for these brownies! I made these the last time you talked about them and they are very good!!
As Rachel Ray would say….. YUM-o!
Thanks so much Judy – I now know what I’m baking this afternoon!
Fabulous, Thank you very VERY much…. I have printed the recipe and Mike will be trying them out VERY soon…
This recipe just sounds too easy for how tasty they are though…. hmmmm, we’ll see eh.