Recipe For Cooking Best Brownies

Toaster Oven Cookies :: Blondies and Brownies

Best Brownies

1/2 C. butter or margarine, melted
1 C. sugar
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
2 eggs
1/2 C. flour
1/3 C. Hershey’s Cocoa
1/4 tea. baking powder
1/4 tea. salt
1/2 C. chopped nuts (optional)
Creamy Brownie Frosting

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-in. square baking pan.

In bowl, stir together butter, sugar and vanilla extract or flavoring. Add eggs; with spoon, beat well.

In separate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually blend into egg mixture. Stir in nuts, if desired. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 min. or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool; frost with Creamy brownie Frosting. Cut into squares.

Creamy Brownie Frosting
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
3 Tbsp. Hershey\s Cocoa
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup or honey
1/2 tea. vanilla extract
1 C. confectioners’ sugar
1 to 2 Tbsp. milk

In sm. mixer bowl, beat butter, cocoa, corn syrup and vanilla extract until blended. Add powderedsugar and milk; beat to spreading consistency.

Makes about 1 c..