Plain Janes Brownies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x8 or 9x9 inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, beat together the butter and sugar. Add eggs, and mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the vanilla and stir in walnuts if desired. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are firm. Cool before cutting into squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Spray an 8 x 8-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Melt chocolate and butter together; set aside to cool.
• In a bowl beat eggs and add sugar.
• Add vanilla and cooled chocolate/butter mixture.
• Add flour, baking powder and salt.
• Fold in chips (and nuts if using).
• Pour into pan and bake for 30 minutes. Do not overbake!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Mix sugar, flour, oil, cocoa powder, eggs, salt, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Fold walnuts into batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the brownies comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.

Steps:

• Pour sugar into a clean and dry one quart jar. Press down firmly.
• Add cocoa powder and press down firmly. Pour in chopped pecans, making sure pecans are evenly layered in the jar. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into jar and seal.
• Attach the following directions to the jar: Empty mix into large bowl. Use your hands to mix thoroughly. Add 3/4 cup of butter or margarine and 4 slightly beaten eggs. Mix until completely blended. Spread batter into a lightly greased or sprayed 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until done. Cool in pan. Cut into 2 inch squares.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350°F.
• Prepare your pan (shortening, butter, spray etc.) See description for pan options.
• Melt butter in saucepan and add cocoa and sugar. Stir and remove from heat.
• Add the Flour, salt, vanilla and nuts.
• Pour into pan and bake at 350 for 25 minutes for 11x13, 30 minutes for smaller pans. Do not over bake!
• Five minutes before the end of cooking time start the icing.
• Melt in saucepan the water, butter, cocoa, and karo syrup. Stir as it melts. Remove from heat and stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir to remove any lumps and pour over warm brownies. Let cool before slicing.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
• Line a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with foil (allowing two edges to protrude and be used as ‘handles’ when removing the brownies) and butter foil and any part of pan that has exposed sides.
• Melt chocolate with butter and allow to cool slightly (I melt mine, carefully, in the microwave – it doesn’t take much more than a minute).
• Beat eggs slightly with vanilla.
• Gradually beat in sugar and continue to beat for 2-3 minutes.
• Blend in warm chocolate mixture.
• Stir in flour.
• Spread in prepared pan.
• Sprinkle nuts over top.
• Bake about 45-50 minutes.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes then gently pry out of pan, using foil handles.
• Cool completely.
• Melt chocolate with butter for topping; drizzle over brownies using tines of fork.
• Let stand until chocolate is firm before cutting.