The only problem with brownies is that recipes make too many. That's right, too many brownies. They generally make a 8x8 pan which is at least 9 brownies. I have a family of six, so that leaves three. What to do with three brownies? Usually, I decide that they're daddy nap time food. Now I've eaten 1/3 of a pan of brownies for a snack and decide that I better not make brownies for a while. So everyone suffers for my weakness. What is needed is a smaller recipe so there aren't any leftovers and no brownie guilt.
3 Tbs butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1/4 cup flour.
Melt the butter in a large measuring cup. Mix in the sugar. Add the cocoa, baking soda, salt and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Taste it, it's fantastic. Add egg and mix. Add flour and mix. Pour into a small pan and bake at 325 for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. When I say small pan, I'm looking at something between 5 and 7 inches in diameter for a round pan and about the same size as a bread pan for a rectangle pan. In fact, a glass bread pan works great. This last batch I made in a 1.75 qt pyrex storage bowl and it was perfect. It makes somewhere between 1 and 6 servings depending on how you cut.
Now, you might be wondering why these are hero brownies. Let me tell you a secret about being a stay at home dad. At some point, your wife is going to have a bad day at work. It will suck, she'll come home crying, or nearly so. Everyone has days like this, but since you're home, she has a hero. You can whip these up in 45 minutes from start to finish. They are the perfect size to sit on the couch and split with her. Listen, nod a lot, and share the brownies. It's just enough chocolate to make it all better and not so much that she will wake up the next day accusing you of conspiring to make her fat.
At some point, these brownies will make you a hero.
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