Recipe of the day--Brownies!

I love to cook!! I want to share some of my favorite recipes with you. Tonight I made Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Fudge Brownies. You can substitue cocoa and oil for the unsweetened chocolate if you don't have any. You can find the directions on how much to use on the cocoa container. Here is the recipe:

Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Fudge Brownies

3/4 cup butter
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups flour plus 2 Tbsp flour, divided
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine butter and chocolate and melt in the microwave on high at 1-minute intervals, stirring in between. Do not let mixture sizzle. When mixture is completely melted and smooth, immediately stir in sugar; continue stirring until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla and buttermilk. Add 1 1/2 cups flour. In a small bowl, toss chocolate chips with remaining 2 Tbsp flour; add to batter. Pour into greased 9 x 13 baking dish and bake for 28 to 33 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center has just a few fudgy crumbs. Let cool for 30 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar.

From Erin Renouf Mylroie, copied from BYU magazine summer 2007

But another favorite brownie recipe is definitely this one--A great way to sneak extra veggies in your diet. Nobody will know there is zucchini in there!

Zucchini Brownies

1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Frosting:
6 Tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 cup margarine
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan. In a large bowl, mix together the oil, sugar, zucchini, and 2 teaspoons vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, 1/2 cup cocoa, baking soda and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Fold in the walnuts. Spread evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until brownies spring back when gently touched.

To make the frosting, melt together the 6 tablespoons of cocoa and margarine; blend together the confectioners' sugar, milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Spread over cooled brownies before cutting into squares.

© Printed from Allrecipes.com 10/25/2007 Submitted by: Marian