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Old-Fashioned Cocoa Brownies

From Rose's kitchen

Grandma Rose's one-bowl cocoa brownies. Made with oil instead of butter and stirred by hand with a metal spoon. About half an hour from start to finish.

35 min total 10 min prep 25 min in the oven One 9x9 pan
Potluck

as written in Rose's hand

Rose kept this recipe because it always worked. One bowl, a metal spoon for stirring, oil instead of butter, and it's ready for the oven before you've finished tidying the counter.

Don't overbake if you like a fudgy center. The top will look done well before the middle is set, and that's exactly what you're after.

Ingredients

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Makes One 9x9 pan at full size

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Wet

Dry

How to make it

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x9 pan.
  2. In a bowl, combine the oil, sugar, and vanilla.
  3. Add the eggs. Stir with a metal spoon until smooth.
  4. Add the dry ingredients. Mix just until combined. Don't beat it.
  5. Spoon the batter into the greased pan and spread even.
  6. Bake at 350°F for 20 to 25 minutes, until the top is set and a straw from the broom comes out with a few soft crumbs.
  7. Let cool in the pan before cutting.

You'll also find in the tin box

This one lives in the cookies & bars drawer of the recipe box, right next to Church-Supper Cream Cheese Bars. If a cousin's coming over on short notice and you need a whole meal from Rose's kitchen, the recipe box is where to start.

Rose kept this recipe with the ones the family expected at potluck time, so it'll show up in those seasonal collections whenever you're planning ahead.

Cooking by what's already on your shelf? Every ingredient across every card sits in the ingredient index, so you can start from the pantry and work backward to the recipe.

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