Brownies yum!

So I decided to start a blog today about food. I know there are many many food blogs out there so the chances of this one getting noticed aren't exactly huge but here goes. Today I made brownies! I'm not a chocolate lover but I like brownies and I wanted to see if I could find a recipe to make them from scratch.

Now if you are on a diet I don't recommend these brownies because they have a whole stick of butter in them. For the rest of you read on and get ready to have some yummy delights. I found that these brownies came out not necessarily "Fudgy" but they weren't like a cake brownie. I really liked the portion size of the recipe. I only cook for three people who don't eat a lot of sweets so it's perfect. If you really enjoy having a brownie as a treat, double the recipe.

The ingredients for this recipe are as follows:

1/2 C. of Butter Melted (one stick)
1    C. of Granulated Sugar (I almost wrote just the word sugar then realized that could be questionable ;-O )
1   tsp. Vanilla Extract
2         Eggs ( I used large eggs)
1/2 C. of All Purpose Flour
1/3 C. Unsweetened Baking Cocoa
1/4 tsp. Baking Powder (I use Clabber Girl but you can use any brand)
1/4 tsp. Salt
13x9 greased baking dish ( I used a glass one sprayed with Pam. You can use a medal pan if you like).

These ingredients don't take long to mix together so go ahead and preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Place your butter in a pan and put the temperature at about 4 or medium low for a gas stove.

Proceed to put sugar and vanilla in a bowl. When the butter has melted all the way add it to the sugar and vanilla mixture.

Set this aside.

Now sift or blend together the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder together.

Set this aside.

Take the eggs and whisk them together in a small bowl.

Make sure that your butter mixture has cooled enough and add the eggs to it. ( We don't want to cook the eggs).

Now you will go ahead and slowly blend in the flour mixture. ( You can use a blender if you like but I used a fork). Mix this so the dry and wet ingredients are combined. Don't stir to much because we don't want to add to much air and having a couple dry lumps in the mix is okay.

Go ahead and pour the brownie mix into the pan and place in oven for about 20-25 minutes. Be sure to do the toothpick check by dipping a toothpick into the center of the brownies if it comes out clean then they are done and you can take them out.

Well I really enjoyed writing this for you all and I promise to give you more and something more adventurous next time.