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30 Minute Fast and Easy Brownies

Nancy Blackstone
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!
4.20 from 25 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20 Brownies
Calories 240 kcal

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
Keyword 30 minute brownies, brownies kids can make, easy from scratch brownies, no preservative brownies
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