Homemade Brownies
By: Jenny Richards
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 12:16am

Ingredients




1/2 cup butter melted
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 2 Melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well. 3 Add in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt and baking powder. Mix well. Spread batter into one 8x8 square baking pan. 4 Bake for 25 - 33 minutes. Do NOT overcook. These are better the next day. 5 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. 6 Alternate Frosting: Cookie Dough- 1/2 c softened margarine, 1/2 c packed brown sugar, 1/4 c sugar, 2 T milk, 1 t vanilla extract, 1 c all purpose flour. Cream butter and sugars. Add milk and vanilla. Beat in Flour. Spread over cooled brownies.