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Chocolate lover's dream brownies

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octopus

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 7:45 pm

Brownies:
1 2/3 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup oil or 1 1/2 stick margarine
2 tbspn water
2 large eggs
2 tspn vanilla extract
1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 tspn baking pwder
1/4 tspn salt
3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional- I used walnuts- heavenly!)

Bake at 350 in a 9x13 pan. Mix the sugar, oil, water. Then add the eggs and vanilla extract. then add the flour and cocoa ( I just put it in any old way- but I always do the sugar, eggs, and oil together). The instructions say to bake 18-25 minutes- mine had to bake a whole lot longer - try 45 minutes. I used a toothpick to see when it was ready.

Chocolate lover's frosting:
this made a lot of frosting. I think next time I won't even bother with it b/c it's very fattening.
3 cups sifted pwder sugar (I used confectioner sugar)
2/3 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup margarine
5-6 tbspn milk ( I used rice milk to keep it pareve)
1 tspn vanilla

mix 1 cup sugar +cocoa+margarine+2 tbspn milk+ vanilla. Mix until creamy. Then beat in rest of ingredients. (again, I mixed it together in any old order).

Enjoy! tell me if you liked them!

cookielady

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 7:46 pm

Thanks for posting. It sounds great. I cant wait to try it!

Lady Godiva

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 7:51 pm

This is my recipe! From the Nestle cocoa box. 8)
It's decadent!

octopus

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 7:52 pm

yeah my sister said it was from a cocoa box!
Thanks for clarifying which one.
It truly is decadent!

abismommy

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 8:09 pm

it really is yum - didn't kow ot was from the cocoa box, but I've been making it for years. It's really fudgy and chewy - duncan hines texture - but much richer.

baschabad

Sat, Sep 27 2008, 4:37 pm

I made these for Shabbos and they were GREAT! These are brownies the way I think of them!

mandksima

Sat, Sep 27 2008, 4:39 pm

Did anyone make this recipe with the oil and it came out great?

sbs

Sun, Sep 28 2008, 4:23 pm

I just made this with the oil, it was heaven.
I made 2 9x13 pans cuz it was so easy and I figured it would go quick
mine baked around 25 minutes, it felt raw on top but the toothpick came out clean, and when I cut it, it was yum and fudgey.
I used a shallow 9x13 pan, which was good cuz it's very thin.
I could've put the double together in an 11x16 cookie sheet, oh well, next time

baschabad

Sun, Sep 28 2008, 6:22 pm

Yes, I used oil- and they were incredible!

Maya

Mon, Nov 17 2008, 3:17 pm

I've been making this ever since you posted this recipe, and it's absolutely delicious.

But the last two times I made it, the middle of the cake fell in and the cake barely grew. I put in all the right ingredients.

Why does this happen?

octopus

Mon, Nov 17 2008, 3:54 pm

all I know is that when I made them (one time so far) it had to bake a LONG time. But I made them with walnuts.

baschabad

Mon, Nov 17 2008, 4:18 pm

I've also been making it since the first time I tried it! DH won't let me try anything else! But I haven't had any problems- I've been baking it for 18 minutes and even with walnuts.

cookielady

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 11:02 am

I finally made them! They are really great. excellent texture. I put walnuts in. I baked it for 20 min, in a 9x13 pan. They came out a bit thin. I may try a 7x11 brownie pan next time.

mommy24

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 2:58 pm

OK, so I made these over sukkos, and have no clue what I did wrong, but htey came out horribly, my husband asked why I made Pesach brownies. I follwed the recipe exactly, I used earth's best buttery sticks instead of the oil/margerine- . I also ommitted the nuts, which were optional. any ideas? could it have been the margerine substuitute?I always use it when a recipe calls for margerine and never had any problems. oh I laso did not make the frosting , could that be it?

octopus

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 3:48 pm

no. they are just fine without the frosting. I would put my bets on the margarine substitute.
Oil works fine with the recipe.

mommy24

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 4:25 pm

thanks octopus, I will try again next time with the oil instead.

one more question, is it fine to skip the nuts?

Dini

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 4:32 pm

Has anyone tried it with vanilla sugar instead of vanilla extract. & did you use a disposable pan or a real pan when it came out bad?

Maya

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 4:36 pm

Dini wrote:

& did you use a disposable pan or a real pan when it came out bad?

I use disposable pans all the time; sometimes it's delicious, but other times it flops. I can't figure out why.

mommy24

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 4:41 pm

I always use disposable, we moved and I am too lazy to unpack anything for the kitchen, especially bec I am hoping to redo it soon. But I have never had a problem using a disposable pan while baking/cooking.

greenfire

Tue, Nov 18 2008, 5:01 pm

I have a similar recipe ... I was gonna post ... I guess I'm gonna do it anyways ... nah forget it ... it's mostly the same but I use 1/2 cup hot water and also add package of chocolate chunks ... Mr. Green

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