brownies with cocoa recipe

Why do we use recipes?

Simply put, most people in modern society don’t have time to experiment while cooking. Also, a lot of ways of cooking have been established. A recipe is a sure-fire way of ensuring something works. You can always tweak the recipe later to suit your taste.

Recipes also have an added advantage of being time tested. The best recipes, and the ones that work have been kept over the years. For time restricted individuals, recipes with minimal preparation and cooking time are good.

This week’s recipe:

Brownies made with Cocoa

Yield: 24 servings

Ingredients

¾ cup butter
1 ¼ cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt (optional)
3 oz (100 g) chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C).
2. Line a 13 x 9 in (33 x 23 cm) cake tin with grease proof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin.
3. Melt the butter.
4. Beat eggs with sugar, and add vanilla, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt (optional) and melted butter.
5. Add chopped nuts.
6. Bake at 350 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 20-30 minutes.
7. Cool the cake. Dust with powdered sugar or glace with your favorite chocolate frosting.

Variations

1. Instead of all-purpose flour + baking powder you may use self-raising flour.