Brownies+from+scratch+2

home For my second recipe from scratch, I looked up the recipe in one of my grandma's cookbooks. For one brownie, (second picture) I tried decorating it with extra frosting, mini chocolate chips, and sprinkles, which made it have a little bit more variety of flavor and it also made the whole thing look more interesting and colorful. Ingredients
 * 1/2 cup butter
 * 1 cup white sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 * 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
 * 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
 * 1/4 teaspoon baking powder


 * 3 tablespoons butter, softened
 * 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
 * 1 tablespoon honey
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 * 1 cup confectioners' sugar
 * [[image:brownie.jpg]]

Directions

 * 1)  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
 * 2)  In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
 * 3)  Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.
 * 4)  To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Frost brownies while they are still warm.

EVALUATION: Some good things about this recipe: -i liked how there was a frosting recipe along with the brownies. They went together well and the two tastes of chocolaty brownies and honey complemented each other well. -I thought this recipe's brownies tasted very moist, probably because of the butter and eggs. -I thought it was just the right amount of fluffiness, not too thick of too light. This is because they had a good amount/balance of flour.

Some things I didn't like: -they took the longest to put together the mix, which took about thirty minutes apposed to the normal ten or fifteen. -with the honey frosting, they got stuck to your hands and made sort of a mess, and in my house, the cheff cleans up! :)