Brownies

My brownie recipe is based on a recipe from my grandmother—what makes them so yummy is all the buttery goodness along with the surprise of miniature chocolate chips.

Ingredients:

2 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate
1 stick butter (not margarine)
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
¾ C all-purpose flour
½ t baking powder
½ C chocolate chips (I prefer the miniature ones)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In a saucepan, heat chocolate squares and butter over very low heat. Stir while melting and once melted, remove from heat.
• Mix in the sugar, then the eggs.
• Blend the flour and baking powder together and then add to the mixture in the saucepan.
• Add the chocolate chips.
• Pour into a greased baking pan, about 8x8x2 inches (I use a Pyrex glass pan).
• Bake for 25 minutes; test with a toothpick. The toothpick should come out clean while the brownies still look a bit moist. This is good.
• Let cool and then cut into 16 pieces.

Of course you can always eat more than one piece at a time.