30 Minute Fast and Easy Brownies
When you have a craving for brownies, you want them ready five minutes ago. These are faster to make than a box mix, and taste better!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup chocolate chips optional
- ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 baking pan with butter and set aside.
- In a medium pan, melt butter over medium-low heat.
- When butter is completely melted, use a rubber spatula to mix in cocoa powder.
- Turn off heat and stir in vanilla and sugar.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Stir in flour, baking powder and salt until fully incorporated.
- If you are adding chocolate chips and/or chopped nuts, gently mix them in now.
- Pour batter into the prepared 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake for 20-25 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out with only a few crumbs on it. It will finish the baking process as it cools.
Notes
- You can add any flavor chips to these brownies just before baking - milk chocolate, semi-sweet, peanut butter or white chocolate.
- Brownies cut easier and cleaner when they are fully cooled -- if you can wait that long!
- The brownies will taste better a couple of hours after they come out of the oven, because the flavors have had time to bind together during the cooling process.
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 215mgPotassium: 85mgFiber: 2gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 268IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 1mg
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