kathyd@bronze.UUCP (10/09/83)
Microwave brownies (10 minutes from onset of chocolate attack to burning the roof of your mouth) Bill of Materials: 1/2 cup butter or margarine 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate 2 eggs 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) (yuk) Build procedure: Place butter and chocolate in appropriate device for a microwave. Zap until butter is melted. Stir to fully melt chocolate. Beat eggs in mixing bowl. Add everything else. Mix until mixed. Pour into 9 inch square microproof dish. Cook on maximum power*** for 6 minutes. The recipe says the brownies will be moist but will become firm as they cool. They should live that long. ***Maximum power for my oven is 600 watts. Consider yourself warned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- For conventional ovens, try this one: Keepsake Brownies (from "The Jordan Collection, Plymouth, Mass.") Ingredients: 4 sq. unsweetened chocolate 1 cup butter or margarine 2 c sugar 3 eggs, beaten 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp salt Melt chocolate and butter somehow. Add liquid ingredients. Mix well. Stir in the rest of the stuff gradually. Mix well. Pour into greased and floured 9" square pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Makes one serving.