Breezy Brownies Food

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.

BREAKFAST BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8×8-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Add all the ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth and well combined. If the batter is too thick for your blender, add a few tablespoons of water or milk at a time to thin it out so it will blend easier.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let brownies cool completely in pan. Store in an airtight container.

EASY-BREEZY BROWNIES

Steps:

• TO MAKE BROWNIES: Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan. Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• Melt margarine, cocoa and water. Bring to a hard, rapid boil. Pour over dry ingredients and mix. Add buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and pecans. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or tuntil a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• TO MAKE FROSTING: Bring to a boil butter, cocoa and buttermilk. Add and beat confectioners sugar, vanilla extract and pecans. Spread on top of the warm brownies in pan. Cool in refrigerator.

RICH BROWNIE SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Lightly butter an 8-inch diameter circle in the center of a baking sheet.
• In large bowl, stir the flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Cut in butter into 1/2 inch cubes and distribute them over the flour mixture.
• With pastry blender or two knives used scissors fashion:.
• Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• In a small bowl, stir the milk, chocolate, egg and vanilla.
• Add milk mixture to flour mixture and knead together to combine.
• Knead in the walnut pieces.
• With lightly floured hands, pat dough into a 7-inch diameter circle in center of the prepared baking sheet.
• With a serrated knife, cut into 8 wedges.
• Bake 17 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center a scone comes out with just a few crumbs.
• Remove the baking sheet to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes.
• With a spatula, transfer scones to the wire rack to cool.
• Recut into wedges, if needed.