How Ryan Created the Best Darn Brownies Ever by Accident [RECIPE]

My mom has always made the best brownies (by law I have to say that), but thanks to simple tweak I made to the recipe out of necessity, I made them better.

It went down like this; I decided to whip up a batch of Mom's brownies one night at home and was getting the ingredients pulled together when I noticed I didn't have one key thing, unsweetened baker's chocolate. Obviously it's difficult to make chocolate brownies when you don't have any chocolate. I did however have a can of Hersey's dark chocolate cocoa powder which featured a substitution chart on the back such a case. Clearly the end result was a success or you wouldn't be reading this post, because I wouldn't have written it.

Here's how to whip up your own batch of rich chocolate Heaven squares.

Ingredients

• 6 Tablespoons dark chocolate cocoa powder
• 2 Tablespoons vegetable shortening or cooking oil
• 1/2 cup of butter or margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup of flour

Directions

• Preheat over to 350°
• In a medium saucepan, combine cocoa powder, shortening, and butter and melt over medium heat. Stir constantly until smooth.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in sugar until blended.
• Blend in eggs one at a time.
• Add vanilla and stir until combined.
• Add flour and stir to combine.
• Grease 8 x 8 pan with cooking spray or butter, or line with parchment paper, and pour the batter in.
• Bake for 25 minutes*

*My oven tends to bake things quickly, so I check them at 20 minutes then bake them for an addition minute or two as necessary.