Emily's Cooking Blog

Makes 1 – 8 x 8 inch pan

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (50 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1/2 cup (64 grams) all-purpose flour

• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 cup (1 stick or 113 grams) unsalted butter

• 1 cup (200 grams) sugar

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease and flour and 8 x 8 inch glass baking dish.

3. In a medium bowl, combine the cocoa, flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside.

4. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Once melted, remove from heat and whisk in the sugar until combined.

5. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

6. Stir in the vanilla.

7. Whisk in the dry ingredients until combined and pour the batter into the prepared pan.

8. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with a few crumbs clinging to it.

9. Allow brownies to cool completely before serving.

Recipe by Darla, Bakedom

Last week my Commercial Cooking class made Brownies. I was expecting this lab to be fairly simple considering I have made brownies quite a few times. Something that went well was the preparation and mixing of ingredients. All group members worked together and it was done efficiently. Something that did not go well was spreading the brownie in the wax paper, the odd shape of the paper made it difficult to put the batter in the corners. This caused the end result to be oddly shaped. Something I learned in class that was useful for this recipe was to poke a toothpick in the centre, and if it comes out with just a few crumbs on it, then it's fully cooked. If I were to do this lab again I would not use wax paper, instead I would just grease the pan then wash it at the end. This lab was fun to make and I would definitely do it again.