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- Amazing Brownies
  
  Posted at 3:32 pm by StephMo
  
  Feb 10th
  These brownies are absolutely amazing! Hence why I named them Amazing Brownies. It is the easiest recipe, and it only uses one bowl which is a huge bonus. They are fudgy and delicious, and honestly one of the best recipes you will find.
  
  I have used this recipe for the Santa Hats and Brownie Trees that I have written about, and as I have mentioned it is the recipe inside the Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate box. I have been using it for years and will never switch or try anything else.
  
  Ingredients:
  
  3/4 cup butter
  
  1 4oz. package Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate
  
  2 cups sugar
  
  1 tsp. vanilla
  
  3 eggs
  
  1 cup flour
  
  In a large mixing bowl add the butter and chocolate. Microwave for 2 minutes, then stir until the chocolate is melted. It may take a a little while but it will melt from the heat of the butter.
  
  Add the sugar and combine well.
  
  Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  
  Add the flour and mix until well incorporated.
  
  Pour into a 9″ x 13″ pan lined with aluminum foil and sprayed with cooking spray. You don’t have to use aluminum foil, but it is so much easier to cut the brownies this way. Once the brownies are cool just lift the aluminum foil out and put on a flat surface to cut.
  
  I usually either add chocolate chips or M&Ms to the brownies. If you are going to add something I suggest waiting about 10 minutes after they are in the oven and sprinkling the chocolate chips or M&Ms on top, then continue baking.
  
  Bake for 27-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted comes out with fudgy crumbs.
  Amazing Brownies
  
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  Ingredients
  
  3/4 cup butter
  1 4oz. package Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate
  2 cups sugar
  1 tsp. vanilla
  3 large eggs
  1 cup flour
  
  Instructions
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a aluminum foil lined 9" x 13" pan with cooking spray.
  Microwave chocolate and butter in a large mixing bowl for 2 minutes. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
  Add sugar and mix well. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and mix well.
  Bake for 27-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out with fudgy crumbs.
  Posted in Amazing Brownies, Cookies, Recipes | Tagged brownie recipe, brownies, food blog, food blogger, fudgy brownies, lifestyle blogger, one bowl brownies, stephanie's slice of life
- Oh Brownie Tree, Oh Brownie Tree – Cute Brownie Recipe
  
  Posted at 8:46 am by StephMo
  
  Dec 13th
  
  These brownie trees are so festive and fun! I saw a picture of something similar and decided to add these to my holiday goodies this year. Although my children are older, this could be a perfect activity with little ones as well. With a simple extra step you can turn your plain brownies into an impressive holiday treat! And if you have better cutting skills than I do, they will look even more impressive.
  
  As with all my brownies, I use the Baker’s One Bowl Brownie recipe. I have posted about this recipe in other blog posts, and am sure I will post about it again. It’s incredibly easy, and it’s my favorite. Here is the link to the recipe:
  
  https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/recipe/054515/bakers-one-bowl-brownies
  
  Once the brownies have cooled completely, it is time to start cutting. If you use an 8″ pan cut them in half horizontally, then make the triangle slices to form the trees. I used a 9″ x 13″ pan to yield more brownies which made it a little more difficult to cut into similar sized shapes.
  
  As you can see my trees cracked somewhat and don’t have the smoothest edges. I’ve mentioned before that I must not have been paying attention in Kindergarten the day they showed us how to make circles, well I also must not have been paying attention the day we went over straight lines either. I probably should have tried to cut them into perfect squares and then would have ended up with the perfect triangles I needed 😉
  
  Once the brownies are cut and laid out, melt some white chocolate and fill a decorating container with a fine tip. Gently squeeze the chocolate on to the brownies and add sprinkles before the chocolate hardens. You could add green food coloring to your chocolate, or you could even use mint chocolate melting wafers. Today I just used Ghiradelli white chocolate chips that I had in the house.
  
  And that is it! Your adorable brownie trees are ready!
  
  Posted in Brownie Trees, Cookies, Recipes | Tagged baking blog, brownie recipe, brownie tree recipe, brownies, food blog, food blogger, holiday treats, life blogger, my slice of life blog, one bowl brownies
- Hats Off For Santa – Brownie Santa Hats
  
  Posted at 12:56 pm by StephMo
  
  Dec 2nd
  
  Ho Ho Ho! It’s December, which means it’s time to start thinking about Holiday baking! I love to bake around the holidays, and it has been a tradition for years and years. I change things around some years, but I have my favorites and this is one of them. They are adorable, and so delicious! You need a round brownie, some cream cheese frosting, strawberries, and that’s it! The three flavors go so well together.
  
  If you don’t have a small muffin pan, you could bake them in a rectangular pan and cut them into circles. Personally, this way is much easier and worth the money for the pan. When I try to cut anything into circles I always end up with hexagons, octagons, basically some kind of “gon” but not a circle. I must have been too busy chatting that day in Kindergarten.
  
  My “go to” brownie recipe is the One Bowl Brownie recipe that comes inside the Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate Box. It is one of the best that I have found, and it only uses one bowl. It’s a win win. You could use store bought brownies or a brownie mix, but this recipe is so easy that it really is worth making homemade. Here is the brownie recipe:
  
  Ingredients:
  
  1 pkg. Baker’s unsweetened chocolate
  
  3/4 cup butter
  
  2 cups sugar
  
  3 eggs
  
  1 tsp. vanilla
  
  1 cup flour
  
  Microwave the butter and chocolate together for 2 minutes until the butter is melted.
  
  Stir well until the chocolate melts.
  
  Stir in the sugar.
  
  Stir in the eggs and vanilla until well mixed. Add the flour and combine well.
  
  Line a 9″ x 13″ pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Pour the brownie mixture into the pan and cook at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out with fudgy crumbs.
  
  If you are using a small muffin pan, spray the pan with cooking spray before adding the batter to the pan.
  
  Once the brownies are done and cooled, you pipe some cream cheese frosting onto the tops to look like the fur trim on Santa’s hat. If you have a frosting bag, you can choose a fancier tip if you prefer. One of these days I will invest in a frosting bag, but until then I just use a sandwich bag with one edge cut off. It makes an absolute mess this way, and if you are like me you will be covered in frosting. However, I can definitely think of worse things to be covered in than cream cheese frosting.
  
  I have shared my cream cheese frosting recipe before, but here it is again. I can pretty much guarantee you will not be upset that you might have to lick some of this frosting off of your hands.
  
  Cream Cheese Frosting – Beat 1/2 cup softened butter with 8 oz. softened block cream cheese with electric mixer. Beat in about 3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar. Add 1 1/2 tsps. vanilla and beat until creamy. Taste for sweetness, add more sugar if not sweet enough.
  
  Once the brownies are frosted, you cut the tops off of the strawberries and stick one on each brownie. Add a little bit of frosting on the tip to make the fur pom pom, and you are done.
  
  One thing to be aware of, the red juice from the strawberries might run into the frosting the longer they are kept refrigerated. They look best if made soon before serving.
  
  I can’t wait to make these this year, and I just might ask Santa for a frosting bag 🙂
  
  Posted in Holiday Treats, Recipes, Sweet Treats | Tagged baking, cream cheese frosting recipe, one bowl brownies, santa hat brownies, santas hat brownies
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