More Brownies!

Brownies (on my CMM plate!)

I made brownies for a couple of friends because it was their birthdays! I used the King Arthur Flour recipe to start with but I reduced the amount of chocolate (the original recipe has A LOT) and I tried using a half sheet pan to bake them. Next time I will use 1.5x the recipe because the brownies came out a little thin because of the size of the pan.

These brownies are pretty chocolate-y even with the reduced amount of chocolate. The recipe has both cocoa powder and chocolate chips. I used Hershey's cocoa and semi-sweet chocolate chips. The recipe here is the one with the alterations I made. You can find the original King Arthur Flour recipe here.

Fudge Brownies

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbs vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a half sheet pan (18x13x1).
2. In a saucepan set over low heat, melt the butter. Add the sugar and heat the mixture until it is hot, but not bubbling and stir until the some of the sugar as dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
3. Crack the 4 eggs into a bowl and beat with your stand or hand mixer with the cocoa, salt, baking powder and vanilla until smooth.
4. Put your mixture on low and gradually add the butter/sugar mixture, stirring until smooth.
5. Add the flour gradually and mix until just combined.
6. Let the mixture cool for a few minutes, then using a spatula, stir in the chocolate chips.
7. Transfer the batter into the pan and smooth out the top with a spatula.
8. Bake the brownies for 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
9. Let the brownies cool before cutting them into pieces.

Enjoy!