Chocolate Chunk Cake Brownies

Chocolate Chunk Cake Brownies

Courtesy of Better Homes & Gardens Bridal Edition Cookbook

Now I have to admit.. I have never made brownies from scratch before! This was a treat that was easy to make, and well, well worth it!

Before you get started- read ALL the directions, and grab ALL the ingredients! Before you start mixing everything together! 

Step 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 15x10x1 (or 9x13x1) pan. Melt Butter completely in microwave safe bowl for 1 1/2-2 minutes.

 Step 2. Stir in Cocoa powder and Sugar until combined. Add Eggs and Vanilla. Using a wooden spoon, beat lightly just until combined. 

Step 3. In a small bowl combine Flour, Baking Soda, and Baking Powder. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to chocolate mixture, beating after each addition. (As you can see 2 pictures above. I mixed the flour mixture with the milk, and then mixed that with the chocolate mixture. Also, I clearly did not use a wooden spoon like they call for, a whisk worked just fine.) Stir in Chocolate Chunks.

Step 4. Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Since I did mine in a 9x13x1 it took about 30 mins to bake. However, the recipe says it should only take 15-18 mins @ 350 degrees F. if you use a 15x10x1.

Step 5. Enjoy! I enjoyed mine hot out of the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 C.- Butter
• 1 1/4 C.- Sugar
• 1/4 C.- Dark Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 1/4 C.- Regular Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 2- Eggs
• 1 t.- Vanilla
• 1 1/2 C.- All-Purpose Flour
• 1 t.- Baking Powder
• 1/4 t.- Baking Soda
• 1 C.- Milk
• 1 C.- Chocolate Chunks

Dark Chocolate- All Natural Peanut Butter Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

By the title of these cookies you may be able to tell that I'm trying to make these sound as healthy as possible, so I can justify eating 2-3 at a time.. I mean, they do have lots of oats in them, and are filled with dark chocolate & natural PB, right? They're rich, chocolaty, and best of all- EASY to make!! No-bakes have always been a favorite of mine, but I've never had then made with dark chocolate. And now that I know what it does to my taste buds, I may never go back!

Since Me & Brian have been preparing for our vacation in 83 DAYS! I've been trying to buy foods that are better for our bodies, all-natural as often as possible. Versus things like hot dogs & or totinos pizza (Ew!).. So that's why I used all-natural peanut butter & dark cocoa, cause that's all I had on hand. You can use whatever you want! I think next time I would try it with half the sugar- they are pretty sweet. Or maybe use a substitute..

These cookies literally only took 7 mins to make- from adding the first ingredient to dropping the last one on the wax paper to cool!

Chocolate Peanut-Butter No Bake Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons Dark cocoa
• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup All-Natural peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups oatmeal
• Waxed paper

Directions

In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil, the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. Let boil for 1 minute then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls, until cooled and hardened.

Recipe adapted from foodnetwork.com

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