I asked hubby if he wants chocolate chip cookies or brownies. He said brownies with a big grin on his face! I was looking for the recipe in my favorite recipe book and guess what! I didn't have any brownies recipes at all. I thought I might just make chocolate chips cookies but when I looked at the HERSHEY'S semi-sweet chocolate chips packet, there's a recipe for brownies. Yay! (I didn't even think about it at first)
The brownies turned out great, not dry. I did a little change. Instead of using 2 cups of white sugar, I used 1 cup of white sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar. For the frosting; in the middle of mixing, I did not have enough powdered sugar. So I took some of the white sugar and blend in my small blender. I thought I had it good but not good enough.. When I mixed those sugar with my not-done-yet frosting, it didn't turned out so smooth, a little grainy. Well, we enjoyed the brownies and the smell lingering within the apartment. Yum-Yum!! :)
Ingredients:
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2/3 cup butter, melted and divided
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup HERSHEY'S semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
One-bowl Buttercream Frosting
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
Sift together cocoa and baking soda in a large bowl, stir in 1/3 cup butter. Add boiling water, stir until mixture thickens. Stir in sugar, eggs (make sure to stir quickly when adding the egg) and remaining butter. Stir until smooth. Add the flour, vanilla and salt; blend completely. Stir in chocolate chips and pour into prepared pan.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool completely in the pan on a rack. Frost with One-bowl Buttercream Frosting. Cut into squares. Makes about 36 brownies.
One-bowl Buttercream Frosting
6 tbsp butter
softened 2-2/3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S cocoa powder **
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Beat butter in a medium bowl. Add powdered sugar and cocoa alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed). Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.
** I did not add the cocoa powder in my frosting.
