Dad's Best Brownies

Recipes

Dad's Best Brownies

One of many fond memories I have of my late dad was his love for cooking and baking. He and I would make these brownies together quite often and they never lasted long. I continue to make this recipe now for my kids, reliving the experience of baking with my dad each and every time. Bon appetit.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1⁄2 cup flour
  • 1⁄3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F 2. Blend together and mix oil and sugar 3. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined 4. In a separate bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients making sure no lumps remain 5. Gently stir the dry ingredients into the oil and sugar 6. Grease a 9 x 9 pan and pour the batter into it smoothing off the top 7. Bake for around 20 minutes or until the sides of the brownies start to pull away from the pan 8. Very important – please cool before cutting otherwise it will be a crumbly mess. 9. Note: Sometimes when we were feeling ambitious, we’d add walnuts to the batter and would top with homemade chocolate ganache (recipe below)

Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 5 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps

1. Bring the heavy cream and vanilla extract to a boil in a small saucepan on the stovetop. 2. Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the hot cream mixture over the chocolate chips in a bowl. Stir until the chocolate chips are smooth and melted. Allow mixture to cool slightly (it will thicken) and spread atop brownies.

A Sweet Bon Appetit 🙂 xoxo

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Just 5 More Minutes

Together with her husband and young son, Monica Bennett seeks out nonstop RVing adventures and culinary discoveries in the Pacific Northwest. Her travels on the road inspire her work as a photographer and writer for her blog, “Just 5 More Minutes,” where she shares her passion for cooking in her RV, demonstrates creative DIY crafting projects, and writes about mastering the art of RVing domesticity. The RVing lifestyle is Monica’s escape from her 9-5 as a graphic designer in busy corporate America.