"best brownies"

[cimorene]

The last brownie recipe I tried actually was the best I've ever made, so I think I'll stop searching now.



3 tablespoons butter (but be on the generous side. You can never be too wary about brownies sticking to the pan)
2,5 dL granulated white sugar (1 heaping cup)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar (1 teaspoon vanilla extract)
1 dL unsweetened cocoa powder (heaping 1/3 cup)
1,2 dL baking flour (½ cup)
1/4 t salt
1/4 t baking powder

Preheat oven to 350° F (175° C).

Melt butter and whip with eggs and sugar. Sift in dry ingredients. Blend well. Pour into a very well-greased pan (8" square but, not having such, I usually use a round cake pan that's about 9"). The batter will be very thick and will need spreading out to the edges (make the edges thicker than the center, not thinner, so that they don't dry all the way out). Bake 25-30 minutes, checking after 20 minutes. Do not overcook.

It's really too bad that Wax came home feeling sick last night; the brownies were meant to be a surprise for her, but instead I've already eaten half the pan.

Comments

[kmazzy]

metric is just crazy. tablespoons of butter? wtf? i may try this to compare to my best brownie recipe. but i will have to use the cups as they are less crazy than dLs. i even have a set of american cups.

i made american pancakes for breakfast the other day. nom.

[cimorene]

Actually tablespoons was just what I used - although I have seen it in American recipes. Metric measures usually give butter in grams.

[msilverstar]

yes, tablespoons is a standard US measure for butter

1/4 pound butter = 1 packaged stick of butter = 8 tablespoons

[msilverstar]

Looks great and relatively easy, I might try it soon

[cimorene]

Oh that's right, I'd forgotten that US sticks come marked off in increments of tablespoons. The bricks of butter here come in 600-gram bricks marked off in increments of 50 grams, I think, and for small amounts I find it more convenient to use tablespoons, not least because I can scoop the spoonful out of the same butter I use for sandwiches, rather than having to open a separate brick for baking.

[cimorene]

Yes, I have heard great things about brownies made with melted chocolate but I am just lazy. Using powdered cocoa is a requirement of a brownie recipe for me.