Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Tastier Brownies Than Ever Recipe

Everyone loves Brownies. They are easy to make and very tasty. With summer coming they are ideal to take with you on a picnic. If you have an electric stand mixer, such as one of the KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixers or one of the Cuisinart SM-55 5-1/2-Quart Stand Mixers, making these Brownies with this recipe is very easy.

Better Brownies By Far Recipe

What you need for this Brownies recipe:
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, cold
  • 8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 2 tsp real vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 8 big peanut butter cups, chopped up
Method for this Brownies recipe:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and coat a 9x13 baking pan with a little butter.
  2. Put 1 cup butter and bittersweet chocolate in heavy saucepan over low heat and melt, stirring and watching closely; set aside.
  3. Put eggs and sugar into a bowl and mix with a beater on medium high speed until light yellow and fluffy.
  4. Lower the beater speed and slowly add the chocolate mixture, then add the vanilla, keeping the beater running.
  5. Continue with the beater on low speed and slowly add flour, incorporating before adding more, then sprinkle in the salt and be sure it's mixed in.
  6. Stop beater, and with large spatula, fold in the chopped up peanut butter cups.
  7. Transfer the mixture into your buttered baking pan.
  8. Bake in preheated oven about 30 to 35 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and the edges pull away from the pan.
  9. Remove from oven and let cool in pan, then cut into squares to transport to picnic or enjoy immediately.
So, make these to pack for your picnic, whether it is to the lakeside or to the beach, they will be very popular. No reason, of course, why you cannot eat these tasty Brownies at home! So, get baking for lots of tasty fun. Do not replace the butter with margarine, it will really affect the taste.