Onolicious Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup ghiradelli premium baking cocoa
• 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar (not packed)
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup nuts, chopped (pecans or macadamia nuts) (optional)
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• confectioners' sugar, to finish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 melt butter (low heat) in medium saucepan.
• 3 add cocoa powder ; stir until well mixed.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 add vanilla and both sugars.
• 6 add eggs to mixture, one at a time. (mix each one in before adding the next.).
• 7 in a medium bowl mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• 8 fold nuts and chips to the butter mix.
• 9 add dry ingredients to the butter mixture.
• 10 pour mixture into a 10x14 inch baking pan making sure it is spread out evenly. you can grease and flour the pan but i use parchment paper to ease the cleanup. [it will work in a 9x13 pan but will be thicker -- baking time will probably be affected -- i think an extra 5 minutes will do it].
• 11 bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees f.
• 12 slice when brownies have cooled. if you want it really sweet, sprinkle on a bit of confectioner’s sugar to give it a nice finish.
• 13 option: i sometimes i chop 1/2 cup dried cherries and 1/2 cup dried cranberries and add these to the mix in place of the nuts. and sometimes i add 1-2 cups mini marshmallows to the original recipe.