Yes- I made the world's worst brownies. No - I am not a quitter. I will make right for all the errors I make in this world. And though they may be few, I will always correct them. So I was trying to think how I managed to ruin brownies. I have come to the conclusion that it was because I used bakers chocolate. I was talking to my brother about this catastrophe and he said 'Well of course it was that. Have you ever ate a piece of that? Or tried a piece of non sweetened all natural straight cocoa chocolate? It tastes like tree bark.' He was right. That is exactly what it tasted like, tree bark.
So I took a minute to think. What is good chocolate. Pure and simple. Hershey's. Hershey's chocolate was always good. I've never met e Hershey bar I didn't like. So I figured make it easy, use their recipe for brownies.
Ingredients:
(approx 16 squares)
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts optional
(Hersheys.com)
Directions:
Step 1: Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch square baking pan
Step 2: Mix together butter, sugar and vanilla on level 2 til well blended
Step 3: Add in eggs one at a time, continuing to mix
Step 4: Add in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt until everything is smooth
Step 5: Stir in nuts if desired
Step 6: Pour evenly into prepared pan
Step 7: Bake for 20 - 25 minutes (until brownies begin to pull away from sides of the pan)
Step 8: Cool completely on wire rack
Tips:
* Try and try again. No one gets everything right the first time, not even me - which is something I will never be able to actually come to terms with.
* If your family really loves you they will be your guinea pigs. And along with this title comes good times and bad. Sometimes to get to the rainbow you've got to put up with the rain right? So with every bad brownie a good one is sure to follow!
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