Aunt Sharons Best Brownies Food

THE WORLD'S BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Beat together sugar, eggs, and oil.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa together.
• Add to sugar-egg mixture.
• Add vanilla and nuts (if desired).
• Pour into two cake pans (8x8x2) lined with foil.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cut when cool and dust with powdered sugar.

ABSOLUTELY BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease and flour a 9 x 9-inch pan.
• In a bowl, beat together the butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
• Combine the cocoa, salt, and flour together; stir into the sugar mixture.
• Stir in the walnuts.
• Spread evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until firm.

THE BEST FUDGY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Arrange a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13-by-9-inch baking pan, preferably metal, with nonstick baking spray. Line the pan with parchment paper leaving a 2-inch overhang on the longer sides. Lightly coat with nonstick spray.
• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat, swirling occasionally, until the butter is a deep golden color, about 5 minutes; the butter will hiss and spit as the whey evaporates so be careful. As the foam subsides the butter will go from a canary yellow color to golden. When it does, take it off the heat. Add the chocolate and cream to the butter and let it sit, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted.
• Sift the flour and cocoa powder through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Beat the granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, vanilla, espresso powder and eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Start on low speed and gradually increase to high speed until the eggs are pale, very thick and fluffy, about 8 minutes (start your timer when you get to high speed). Do not be tempted to skimp on the mix time; this step is key to getting the signature shiny, crackled brownie top. Reduce the speed to low and slowly pour the warm chocolate into the eggs; beat until completely incorporated. Gradually add the dry ingredients and beat until just combined; do not overmix. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl and fold until the batter is completely combined.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the brownies are glossy and just barely firm, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 205 degrees F, 25 to 35 minutes. Don't let the thermometer touch the bottom of the pan or you will get a much higher reading. (The cook time will be at the higher end of the range if using a glass or ceramic baking dish.)
• Let the brownies cool completely to allow the crumb to set before slicing, about 3 hours.
• Use an offset spatula to loosen the brownies from the sides of the pan. Use the parchment overhang to lift the brownies out of the pan. Remove the parchment and cut into 24 squares.

SOUTHERN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.
• Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
• Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.

THE BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter an 8-inch square baking dish or pan, then line with parchment paper if desired to make getting the brownies out easier.
• Mix flour and salt together in a bowl; set aside.
• Place chopped chocolate and butter into a heatproof bowl and set over a saucepan with 1 inch of very gently simmering water. When the butter and almost all of the chocolate is melted, stir until smooth. Turn off the heat and set aside.
• Mix sugar and eggs in a mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer until very airy, thick, and creamy, about 5 minutes. Mix in vanilla extract, then slowly drizzle in the melted chocolate mixture, while mixing on high speed.
• Dump in the flour mixture and mix on low speed just until the flour disappears. Use a spatula to transfer the batter into the prepared baking dish and spread as evenly as possible.
• Bake in the center of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out virtually clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Use a spatula to lightly press down the higher parts of the brownie around the edge of the dish. Let cool to room temperature, 20 to 30 minutes, before removing and cutting into 9 pieces.

AUNT SHARON'S BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Combine butter, sugar and water in a small saucepan. Heat on medium and stir until sugar is melted. Remove from heat.
• Add vanilla, eggs and 1 cup of chocolate morsels (I use Ghirardelli's) and stir until chocolate is melted.
• In a medium sized bowl, combine baking soda, salt and flour, mix well. Add warm chocolate mixture and stir gently until combined.
• Spray bottom of a 9"x13" baking pan with spray release of choice, then pour in the brownie batter. Wait a minute or two for the batter to even out over the pan, then sprinkle with the additional cup of chocolate morsels.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes.

COCOA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch square pan.
• In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the eggs at medium speed until fluffy and light yellow. Add both sugars. Add remaining ingredients, and mix to combine.
• Pour the batter into a greased and floured 8-inch square pan and bake for 45 minutes. Check for doneness with the tried-and-true toothpick method: a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan should come out clean. When it's done, remove to a rack to cool. Resist the temptation to cut into it until it's mostly cool.

THE BROWNIE THAT STARTED IT ALL A.K.A THE WORLD'S BEST BROWNIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 13 by 9-inch pan with vegetable oil spray.
• In a glass or ceramic bowl, melt the butter in the microwave. Whisk in the sugar, eggs, cocoa, and vanilla. Stir in the flour and salt. Add chopped semisweet and bittersweet chocolates and pecans.
• Spread the batter in prepared pan. Bake about 25 minutes, just until brownies test moist but not wet. Cool completely before cutting.

AUNT LOUISE'S BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt butter and chocolate over hot water or in the microwave.
• Add the eggs and sugar and mix well.
• Add the flour, baking powder, salt, nuts and vanilla.
• Mix well and place in a greased and floured 9x13 cake pan.
• Bake for 30 MINUTES ONLY!
• Remove from oven and cool.
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• Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl in the microwave.
• Add the remaining ingredients and blend well.
• Spread on the brownies and garnish with chopped nuts.

MOM'S BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together (mixture will be thick) and then spread in a jelly roll pan that has been greased and floured.
• Bake at 350 for 25-35 minutes, or until brownies are done.
• Frost with favorite frosting.

MOM'S BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and 'flour' 9x13" pan, using cocoa powder instead of flour. (This will eliminate any white spots on bottom of brownies).
• In a large bowl, stir together cocoa, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
• Add oil, eggs, vanilla, and any optional ingredients. Mix well, stopping as soon as all ingredients are incorporated - excessive mixing will cause a cake-like texture.
• Pour into prepared 9x13" pan.
• Bake at 350 for 27-30 minutes. Test with toothpick, the brownies are done when no batter clings to it. Remove slightly earlier if you like a gooey, eat with a fork brownie.

AUNT SYLVIA'S BROWNIES

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Pour into a 9 x 13 pan.
• Bake at 325 F until edges begin to pull away from the pan and toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean (about 25-30 min).
• Cool completely. Ice with frosting, if desired. Cut into squares.

HERSHEY'S BEST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
• Melt butter in microwave.
• Stir in sugar and vanilla.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Add cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt; beat until well blended.
• Stir in nuts, if desired.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides.
• Cool completely.