Chocolate Brownie

Writing this post from Ammu's (sis n law) place @ San Antonio. I made these brownies for her. :)

Ammu is an awesome cook and has a lot of specialty dishes on her plate. My personal favorite is "Mambazha Kootan" or "Ripe Mango Curry". Every time she prepares "Mambazha Kootan", I make sure that nothing is left out! :D

This time I wanted to make a sweet dish. And decided on brownies. As I was hopping from one blog to another, I came across Deb's Smitten Kitchen. Deb has an awesome collection of brownies, cakes and lot more. I wanted a simple brownie and  hence made a few changes to the ingredient list. Moreover, I had to make this quick. That means less time to play around with new techniques! :(  Next time. :)

Thank you, Deb.

Ingredients

• All purpose flour - 1 1/4 C
• Baking Powder - 3/4 t
• Cocoa Powder - 1 C
• Vanilla Extract - 1 T
• Butter, room temp - 1.5 sticks
• Sugar - 2 1/4 C
• Eggs - 4

Method

• Start off by heating the oven to 325°F.
• Set the baking dish. For this: fit a foil, the size of the baking dish, into it.
• Cut off excess foil from the dish.
• Smear the foil with butter or shortening or spray like Deb used.
• Mix all purpose flour and baking powder. Whisk well and keep aside.
• Mix cocoa powder and butter in a bowl till it turns into a smooth paste.
• Add sugar gradually and whisk well.
• One by one, add eggs and continue mixing.
• Now add vanilla extract and mix.
• Add flour mix little by little and keep mixing.
• Keep mixing until the mix turns into a smooth paste-like consistency.
• Pour this mix into the baking dish and keep it in the oven.
• Bake for 35-40 mins.
• After the set time, take the dish out of the oven and allow it to cool.
• Simple and tasty brownies ready!!!!