An easy Brownies recipe

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This past summer, my Mother gave me the prized recipe book she has been writing in ever since my sister and I were kids. I remember seeing the fat blue book opened up on the counter-top as she whipped up sweet treats galore. The book is filled with recipes from my grandmothers, aunts, Mama’s good friends, colleagues and even a few popular magazines at the time.

While flipping through the pages, I found an incredibly easy recipe for Brownies that I tweaked to make a tad bit healthier and yes, this is definitely gift-worthy.

An easy Brownies recipe

An easy Brownies recipe {+ A frugal Teacher Appreciation gift idea}

Now if you prefer fudge-y brownies, this may not be the recipe you’re looking for. These are more cake-y in consistency, with a crumbly top. (just the way I love my brownies!) Before you click away though, I encourage you to give these a shot though as these brownies are packed with flavor and oh so good!

An easy Brownies recipe

And yes, if you want to make these healthier, throw in some spinach and I promise the kids won’t even know you did.

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An easy Brownies recipe
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Optional: You can dust these, once baked, with powdered sugar. This definitely makes the brownies look prettier especially while gifting the same. * You can do 1 cup butter vs 1/2 cup applesauce and 1/2 cup butter if you're not too fond of the more sponge-y consistency
Ingredients
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar Or if you prefer, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup semi sweet, semi-healthy, chocolate chips. (I like using the Enjoy Life brand
  • 1 cup walnut chips Or crush walnuts till they're tiny crumbles
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract.
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a 13x9x2" cake pan by greasing and flouring it prior to pouring the batter into the same.
  2. In a big bowl, manually whip the eggs.
  3. Add to this the sugar and mix well.Now add the applesauce, butter and vanilla extract. Combine the same.
  4. Finally add in all the dry ingredients and mix till well combined.
  5. Pour the prepared batter into the pan and pop into oven for about 20 minutes. Keep checking to see if it's ready with a toothpick/fork-bake test.
  6. Serve these hot or wait till these cool a bit to make cutting the brownies not as messy.

Once our brownies cooled completely, I pulled out my mini heart cookie cutter and cut into the baked brownies to create mini brownie hearts. These look so much cuter than regular squares when placed inside the tall glasses I picked up from Dollar Tree.

Teacher Appreciation Gift

To add an extra special touch, I personalized each glass with the teachers’ names on vinyl, using my Silhouette Portrait machine. (Investing in a Silhouette Portrait machine is one investment you will not regret especially at times like these!) Also found some designs in the library to die-cut and create pretty gift tags too.

Teacher Appreciation Gift (2)

 

This is definitely a ‘sweet’ yet frugal way to show your child’s teacher that he/she is appreciated.

 

What do your kids do for Teacher Appeciation Day at their schools?

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About Marina

Marina is a grateful, South Texas-based mom of two daughters and a son (a 14-year-old, 9-year-old and 6-year-old). Her husband, of 18 years, is her best friend and biggest cheerleader. The family loves soccer, their sweet rescue pup Jingle, good food and traveling!

What tides her through each day? A hot cup of cardamom chai, God's Faithfulness and Philippians 4:13!

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  2. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    That is a cute idea, but we are not allowed to send food into the school like this because of allergies.

  10. Theresa says

    What a cute use of your Cameo! I haven’t used mine since Christmas, but I think I need to make a few of these glasses for gifts soon!

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