Classic Easy Brownies

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 eggs

3/4 cups unsweetened baking cocoa

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13 x 9 inch baking pan.

2. In a large microwave-safe bowl, place butter and microwave until completely melted.

3. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.

4. Add cocoa, beat well until blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well. Stir in nuts if desired.

5. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 30-35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of the pan, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack before cutting into bars.

Comments:

No one can resist these delicious, melt-in-your-mouth brownies. Soft and moist with a hard crust, they are the ultimate guilty pleasure.

Source:

Hershey's Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

Servings:

About 36 brownie squares

Chocolate Toffee Bars

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) cold butter, cut into pieces

1 cup pecan halves

TOFFEE TOPPING (recipe follows, you'll need 2/3 cup cold butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar)

1 cup milk chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine flour, brown sugar, and butter in a large bowl, mix until fine crumbs form (a few large crumbs may remain). Press into ungreased 13 x 9 inch baking pan.

3. Sprinkle pecans over crust. Prepare Toffee Topping (recipe below); drizzle evenly over pecans and crust.

4. Bake 20-22 minutes or until topping is bubbly and golden. Remove from oven.

5. Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips over top; press gently onto surface. Cool completely, if needed overnight. Don't put in refrigerator. Cut into bars.

TOFFEE TOPPING:

Combine 2/3 cup cold butter and 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Boil and stir for 30 seconds. Use immediately.

Comments:

These delicious bars are the kind that melt in your mouth. Flavored with sweet toffee, sugared nuts, and chocolate, they are the perfect combination of everything you'll love.

Source:

Hershey's Recipe Collection

Servings:

About 36 bars

Chocolate Chunkies

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chunks (take baking bar of chocolate and break into little pieces)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in a small bowl, until all one color. Set aside.

3. Beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until well blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until blended. Stir in chocolate chunks.

4. Drop dough by small spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake for 9-12 minutes until cookies are set.

5. Cool cookies 2 minutes on cookie sheets, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Comments:

These rich, delicious cookies are among my family's favorites. Heavy with chocolate yet light and soft, they make everyone come back for seconds. They're a great twist on the classic chocolate chip cookie.

Source:

The Cookie Bible

Servings:

2 1/2 - 3 dozen