Thursday, February 12, 2009

Favorite Brownies -Enjoy, Ali :)

As a kid my parents would take us to our Aunt and Uncle's farm. One of the favorite things I looked forward to was my Auntie's brownie dessert. There would be on each plate a LARGE homemade brownie, scoop of vanilla ice cream, homemade chocolate sauce drizzled over that and a single cherry to top it all off.

For all the cooking and baking I have been successful at over the years, there are two things I CAN NOT seem to make... ONE is JELLO!!! (strange I know!) and the SECOND is brownies!

WELL NO MORE for the brownie troubles, because I have found myself a FOOLPROOF recipe!

Below is the recipe along with my Auntie's chocolate syrup recipe... This might be a good Valentine's dessert for any of you out there who want something to make...

Enjoy, Ali :)

Chocolate Sauce
1/2 cup cocoa
3/4 cup warm water
3 tbsp corn syrup
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
4 tbsp butter

~Combine all ingredients exept vanilla & butter in small saucepan.
~Cook until sugar is dissolved and slightly thickened, STIRRING CONSTANTLY over med. heat.
~Remove from heat and add the vanilla & butter.

McKinnon Brownies
4 eggs
2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/3 cup flour

~Preheat oven to 350'.
~Whisk eggs and sugar together.
~Add oil and cocoa and mix thoroughly.
~Stir in vanilla, salt, baking powder and flour.
~ Bake in greased 9X13 inch pan for 20-25 mins
(or until toothpick comes out clean in center)

2 comments:

Deann said...

I don't think I have ever made homemade brownies... I just always use a boxed mix (sad, but true). However, if this is truly a foolproof recipe, I may just have to branch out and give it a try!

After all, I have mastered Jell-O!

Anonymous said...

Go for it BrasherGirl... I too was a "brownies from a box" baker but these were truly foolproof! Yummy!!