Category: Sweets – Brownies

Margie’s One Bowl Brownies

Sure, you can use the recipe on the ingredient box, but where’s the fun in that?

Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 squares Baker’s Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
  • ¾ cup (1½ sticks) butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs (4 eggs at altitude)
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sliced almonds
  • ½ cup maraschino cherries, chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.  Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.
  2. Microwave the chocolate and butter in a large bowl on High for 2 minutes, or until butter is melted. Take out and stir until chocolate is melted.
  3. Stir in sugar, eggs, vanilla, and almond extract.
  4. Add flour, almonds, cherries; mix well.
  5. Spread mix into the pan.
  6. Bake 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick in the center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake!)
  7. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Makes 24 brownies … depending on how you cut them up

Source: Baker’s Chocolate box, plus additions (cherries, almond extract, almonds instead of pecans)

 

Margie’s Moist and Chewy Brownies

This is a wonderful quick treat. It has about half the fat of the original recipe and is even better than before. I like to add chocolate chips and dried cranberries. They add great texture and flavor. Chocolate and cranberries are a tasty combination. In another version, I add lots of raisins and nuts to make a chocolate granola bar.

As always this recipe is for high altitude baking, 5,200 feet. Sea level baker may want to use one less egg.

Ingredients:

½ cup Butter
4 ounces Chocolate, Unsweetened

2 cups Sugar
½ cup Applesauce
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Flour
2 cups Goodies (See Note)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Grease 9″x13″ baking pan.
  3. In large glass mixing bowl, melt Butter in microwave. Add Chocolate and stir until melted. You may need to microwave for an additional 30 seconds if chocolate is in big chunks.
  4. Stir in Sugar.
  5. Stir in Applesauce.
  6. Add Eggs one at a time. Stir until shiny.
  7. Stir in Vanilla.
  8. Add flour and stir until just incorporated.
  9. Add any Goodies and mix in.
  10. Pour batter into pan and bake for 40 minutes (30 minutes convection)

Notes:

  • Goodies:  may include Nuts, Chocolate Chips, Raisins, Dried Cranberries, Toffee Chips, or anything else you like.
  • I make this with just a bowl and a spoon. No mixer needed.

Serves: 24 Brownies

Source: Margie Kleerup