INGREDIENTS:
Butter ½ Cup
Oil ½ Cup
Eggs 3
White Sugar 1 and ½ Cup
Brown Sugar ½ Cup
Flour 1 and ½ Cup
Baking Powder 1 teaspoon
Baking Soda ½ teaspoon
Salt ½ teaspoon
Cinnamon ½ teaspoon
Cocoa Powder 3 tablespoons
Semi-sweet Chocolate One 4 ounce bar
Vanilla 1 teaspoon
A splash of milk
RECIPE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Now oil a 13 x 9 pan, or use a bake release spray such as Baker’s Joy or any other spray. Set the pan aside. Sift together all the dry ingredients and set those aside as well. Now mix the butter, oil, eggs, white sugar and brown sugar. Only mix for about 30-40 seconds, do not over mix. If you you don’t have brown sugar, you can just use white sugar. In the absence of brown sugar, reduce the quantity of white sugarto 1 and ¾ cups. Now, add the dry ingredients to the mix. Again, beat for another 30-35 seconds. Melt the semi-sweet chocolate in a dry pan over another pan of hot water over stove. First, boil water on top of the stove. Then add the chocolate chocolate bar in another, smaller pan, and put it on top of the boiling water. Chocolate cannot be melted right on top of the stove because it will burn and turn chunky. Add the melted chocolate to the batter with a spatula, and mix with the spatula. Add vanilla and a splash of milk. Pour the batter into the pan. Bake for about 40-45 minutes, and check the brownies with a toothpick or a pin. It should come out as semi wet. Brownies can be amazing if under baked a bit, but over baked brownies are dry and nasty.
OPTIONAL:
A tablespoon of fine orange peel can be added, and it is a very good fit for the chocolate. However, everyone might not like it, especially kids.
