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In , on March 9, 2016 with No Comments

German Chocolate Brownies

I’ve been swamped with work the past few weeks, and I’ve also moved, so I just haven’t had the time to do any real cooking or baking. That said, today I had a lull in work, and I had a really bad craving for chocolate, so I decided to make brownies.

Of course, when I was halfway through getting my ingredients dumped into the bowl, I discovered I didn’t have any cocoa powder in the cupboard. I could have sworn I packed that – darn it! But, when the chocolate fix is on, a girl finds a way to get her chocolate. I did have some German chocolate squares in the cupboard, so I simply modified my coconut oil brownie recipe using the German chocolate – crisis averted 🙂



This recipe does call for a cup of oil – it’s not a typo, I promise! I’ve used both canola oil and liquid coconut oil in this recipe, and it turns out great either way. I will mention that the baking time definitely depends on your oven. With my old oven, these brownies took about 45 minutes, but in my new one, it took closer to an hour. Just bake until they test done when checked with a toothpick or a knife. Enjoy!

 

german chocolate brownies

 

German Chocolate Brownies

2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup liquid coconut oil (can use vegetable or canola oil)
4 ounces German chocolate, melted and cooled
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all ingredients together until completely combined. Using coconut oil in place of vegetable oil will definitely make the texture thicker. Pour into an 8 x 10-inch greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes, or until they test done. Frost with your favorite frosting/icing when cooled if desired.

 


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In on June 3, 2014 with No Comments

One Bowl Brownies–Redux

It’s still too wet in the gardens today to do much of anything, and since Travis, our youngest son, and I were having chocolate craving, I decided to experiment with my favorite one-bowl brownie recipe. I’ve posted the original recipe in an earlier blog post, but I wanted to figure out a way to eliminate the 1 cup of vegetable oil that recipe calls for. Don’t get me wrong…the original recipe is a very good one, but after researching how bad vegetable oils can be to your health, with the exception, of course, of olive oil, I wanted to try the recipe with coconut oil. As it’s nice and warm in my kitchen, my coconut oil was in liquid form, so today was the perfect time to experiment!

One-Bowl Brownies Take 2

2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup liquid coconut oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all ingredients together until completely combined. Using the coconut oil in place of the vegetable oil will definitely make the texture thicker than the original recipe (see pictures below). Pour into an 8 x 10-inch greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes, or until they test done. Frost with your favorite frosting/icing when cooled.

 

 

The texture of this brownie version is definitely more cake-like, not that it bothers me at all! While it did test as done when I checked with a toothpick, the very center still seemed a little softer…definitely needed to be eaten with a fork than with your hands. All in all, though, it was very tasty….the coconut flavor was mild, yet it still reminded me of a Mounds bar without the actual coconut texture.

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In , on May 14, 2014 with No Comments

I Need Chocolate!

You know those days….you have a craving for something sweet, but not for just any old thing. You crave CHOCOLATE!! I had that kind of a day today. Work was tough and long. It was cold outside (although definitely warmer today than it’s been in a while). I needed comfort food, and when I say comfort food, I’m usually talking about dessert! 🙂

So I drag out my recipe box and thumb through it until I find my favorite go-to, stand-by, gotta-to-make-it-now brownie recipe. I’ve made these brownies for so long (since high school, and that’s been a while!) that I’ve forgotten where I even got the recipe. I’m sure it came from someone in my hometown of Lenox, IA…..so many wonderful cooks in that town! Heck, when I was in high school, we actually wanted the recipes that the high school cooks used…seriously! They actually cooked real food, not like the stuff the poor kids in school have to tolerate today. Oh to have that homemade pizza recipe….their chocolate chip cookies…and their chili and vegetable soups (both completely homemade) were used for many a fundraising event.

But…I digress. Today was about chocolate. Ooey, gooey chocolate brownies. So if you’re salivating like I was earlier today when thinking about these, here you go:

Super-Easy One-Bowl Brownies






2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla



Mix all together until completely combined. Pour into an 8 x 10-inch greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes, or until they test done. Frost with your favorite frosting/icing when cooled.

Don’t let the oil amount fool you…it’s correct. Really a delicious brownie…and if you can’t wait for them to cool long enough to frost, they’re just as delicious unfrosted, right out of the pan while still warm! Pass me the milk please 🙂

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