Hurry Stir Brownies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 -1 1/3 cup sifted flour
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar (or rapadura or sucanat sugar for a healthier version)
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional) or 3/4 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter or margarine in a saucepan.
• 2 meanwhile sift sugar and cocoa together.
• 3 remove butter from heat and stir in sugar and cocoa.
• 4 add eggs and beat until smooth.
• 5 add sifted flour a little at a time, until completely mixed in (i normally use only 1 cup of flour.).
• 6 spread batter in a greased and floured 8x8 pan.
• 7 bake in oven at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 8 frost brownies with favorite frosting, if desired.