Help!! I need a good recipe for chewy, fudgy brownies. All the recipes I have or can find are for cake brownies. Having not always been frugal, I often bought store mixes that were chewy. Now that I am trying to make everything from scratch, I am having a hard time with this one!! My husband thinks I should buy the mix, but I refuse, knowing it is probably 12cents worth of ingredients, for $1.50!! Thanks in advance for all your help.

-- Ivy in NW AR (balch84@cox-internet.com), March 27, 2002

Answers

This is the brownie recipe I use from the Hershey's Cocoa Coookbook. They label it The "Best" Brownies. What could be better then?! Recipe: 1/2 cup vegetable oil or melted butter 1 Cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup cocoa 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) Blend oil, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add eggs; beat well with spoon. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture until well blended. Stir in nuts. Spread in greased 9-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until brownie begins to pull away from edges of pan. Cool in pan. Frost if desires; cut into squares. 16 brownies

-- Nancy (nannyb@huntel.net), March 27, 2002.

Nancy already beat me to the recipe. The guys here love them, and they can be made just as quickly as a mix from ingredients on hand. I buy the cocoa from an Amish bulk food store and it is less than half of what the cost is from a supermarket.

-- vicki in NW OH (thga76@aol.com), March 27, 2002.

Vicki, What Amish food store do you go to? I am from the same area and we usually go to the Country Variety store in Belle Center. Is there another store I am missing? Maybe we have seen each other at the Amish store.

-- Joanie (ber-gust@prodigy.net), March 27, 2002.

To make a really chewy, fudgy brownie, try leaving out an egg. Like if it calls for 2 eggs, just put one. If it calls for 3 eggs, put 2. I also use this in cake recipes, or in quick bread recipes as well. Since eggs act as a rising agent, leaving one out makes the product stay denser. Especially with cakes, they are dense and most rather than light and airy. I usually don't adjust the liquid, it is just thicker...

-- Melissa in SE Ohio (me@home.net), March 27, 2002.

Joanie, No, we go to the Ashery Store in Holmes County when we are visiting some friends who live down there. But hey, now I can maybe check out the store in Belle Center if I get down that way.

-- vicki in NW OH (thga76@aol.com), March 27, 2002.

These are soo good and soo chewing, we love them. ---2cups sugar, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/3cup baking cocoa, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder, 1cup veggie oil, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons light corn syrup, 1 tsp vanilla and 1 cup chopped nuts if desired. Mix all together and put in a greased pan at 350 degrees for 25-27 minutes. I sprinkle confectioners sugar on top when done. enjoy.

-- Micheale from SE Kansas (mbfrye@totelcsi.net), March 27, 2002.