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t Brownie Recipe In The World.</p><p id="37c9" type="7">Yep. You can take that to the bank.</p><p id="4703">These brownies are always made in an 8 x 8 pan so they are the perfect thickness. <i>Don’t even think of screwing with it.</i></p><p id="037b">Deep, buttery chocolate brownies that are soft but not squidgy.</p><p id="8470">Firm without being dry.</p><p id="a837">If you know your brownies — then you know that of which I speak.</p><p id="1de2">I throw chopped walnuts or pecans in them and you can too if you have a nutty person like my husband.</p><p id="1009">Listen. They aren’t a thick brownie as they don’t have baking powder or baking soda in them. Which is a huge plus as when was the last time you checked the expiry date of those little boxes in your pantry? Does 2016 ring a bell?</p><p id="4aa0">And please — absolutely NO ICING. These are best enjoyed simple and plain with a glass of milk, or a cup of tea and a good book. You will feel so virtuous.</p><p id="3952">Mom taught my sister and me how to make these brownies when we were kids, and we made hundreds of batches of them. We were farm kids after all. Farm kids learn the basics of cooking and baking by 12 years old or so — because you’re part of the family team.</p><p id="8ba9">You know those Triple-Tested recipes you see in a magazine?</p><p id="7a27" type="7">Yeah well — a 50+-year-old recipe that has been made potentially thousands of times by farm women has those magazines beat all to hell.</p><p id="573f">This is the recipe you can count on. And did I mention you don’t need any of your 2016 baking powder or baking soda in them??</p><p id="126a">Do you have guests coming over tonight?</p><p id="eed5">You can doll these brownies up with a nice scoop of French vanilla ice cream for guests and I swear — they will BEG YOU FOR THE RECIPE.</p><p id="b2ce">I would think twice about it.</p><p id="8cfa" type="7">Because really — you don’t need to give away all of your secrets like a Kardashian.</p><p id="2250">So don’t buy that nasty boxed chocolate-cake- in-a-cup packages you see at the grocery store. Ever again.</p><p id="daff">If you have a hankering for something chocolate and mind-bending AND easy AND fast. Well — stop right here.</p><p id="3201">With 5 minutes of prep and roughly 20 minutes in the oven — you can eat the real

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deal and your teeth won’t fall out from too much sugar or preservatives.</p><p id="0a02">Prepare yourself. They are damn good.</p><h1 id="a143">The Best Chocolate Brownie. Ever.</h1><p id="0eab">1/2 cup butter</p><p id="0173">1 cup brown sugar</p><p id="a202">1 egg</p><p id="c0ee">2 tbsp cocoa</p><p id="cf0c">2/3 cup flour</p><p id="25e9">1/2 chopped walnuts</p><p id="e798">Mix in order given. Bake in a greased 8 x 8 pan (or suffer the consequences) at 350 degrees for 20–25 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Test with a toothpick at 20 min.</p><p id="8570"><i>Only cut brownies into squares once they are cool.</i></p><p id="d77a">Feel free to hide these brownies from prying eyes.</p><p id="6bb1"><i>Thanks for reading! I have loads of food essays (delicious recipes too) and thoughtful and quirky simpler living essays waiting for you. (Well over 100 of them!) And <a href="https://psiloveyou.xyz/true-love-doesnt-need-flowers-chocolate-or-a-valentine-s-card-b9a291ef4c26?source=friends_link&sk=078a26f01044be800f0f356e2bf97147">this story</a> caught the attention of NBC News in New York!</i></p><div id="f6d4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-craziness-of-crazy-chocolate-cake-5fdbf267387"> <div> <div> <h2>The Craziness of Crazy Chocolate Cake</h2> <div><h3>A humble but secret ingredient makes all the difference.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*MrhKs4PsflFqnd7M)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="0a34" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-miracle-of-upside-down-cake-b4a3df1134ff"> <div> <div> <h2>The Miracle of Upside Down Cake</h2> <div><h3>A simple, fast & delicious dessert with cheater ingredients.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*6z7-hp9p9PvMHdfKFWndug.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Photo by Kim Duke. Brownies eaten by Kim Duke and friends.

The Best Chocolate Brownie. Ever.

You don’t mess with 50-year-old perfection.

Isn’t it funny what you take for granted when you’re a child?

My sister and I would dash through the door after school and without a doubt, there would be some form of delicious homemade baking waiting for us.

My mother is an incredible baker. She’d give the Great British Bakeoff a run for their money.

Cinnamon buns, doughnuts, homemade bread with peanut butter. Fresh chocolate chip cookies with a big glass of milk. My birthday cake was angel food cake with lemon pie filling in the middle. OMG. I need a piece of that right now.

She whipped up light and flaky pie crusts and put a pie in the oven as quickly as you’d buy one from the store. (No one bought pies from the store back then. You would have been judged.)

Did Mom have loads of time? Absolutely not.

She worked at a bank and she helped my dad on our farm throughout the year — driving a grain truck, bringing meals to the field and a million other duties that farm wives did then and now.

She also had a huge garden, sewed, volunteered for the community, and did everything to keep our family home running smoothly.

There was always delicious baking waiting and still is today. Even a few days ago she was mobbed by her family groupies when she walked in the door for a visit.

We KNEW she didn’t arrive empty-handed.

She has butter tarts, or lemon or ginger snap or chocolate chip cookies and maybe even a square of some kind in that reusable cloth bag she always wants back.

Thank you so much, Mom!!

So now I’m all grown up. Am I a baker too?

I only bake when people are coming for dinner or the holidays are here or …OK…I confess….it is a day like today when I crave my mom’s baking.

And one of my favorites to this day is her BROWNIES.

Because it is the Best Brownie Recipe In The World.

Yep. You can take that to the bank.

These brownies are always made in an 8 x 8 pan so they are the perfect thickness. Don’t even think of screwing with it.

Deep, buttery chocolate brownies that are soft but not squidgy.

Firm without being dry.

If you know your brownies — then you know that of which I speak.

I throw chopped walnuts or pecans in them and you can too if you have a nutty person like my husband.

Listen. They aren’t a thick brownie as they don’t have baking powder or baking soda in them. Which is a huge plus as when was the last time you checked the expiry date of those little boxes in your pantry? Does 2016 ring a bell?

And please — absolutely NO ICING. These are best enjoyed simple and plain with a glass of milk, or a cup of tea and a good book. You will feel so virtuous.

Mom taught my sister and me how to make these brownies when we were kids, and we made hundreds of batches of them. We were farm kids after all. Farm kids learn the basics of cooking and baking by 12 years old or so — because you’re part of the family team.

You know those Triple-Tested recipes you see in a magazine?

Yeah well — a 50+-year-old recipe that has been made potentially thousands of times by farm women has those magazines beat all to hell.

This is the recipe you can count on. And did I mention you don’t need any of your 2016 baking powder or baking soda in them??

Do you have guests coming over tonight?

You can doll these brownies up with a nice scoop of French vanilla ice cream for guests and I swear — they will BEG YOU FOR THE RECIPE.

I would think twice about it.

Because really — you don’t need to give away all of your secrets like a Kardashian.

So don’t buy that nasty boxed chocolate-cake- in-a-cup packages you see at the grocery store. Ever again.

If you have a hankering for something chocolate and mind-bending AND easy AND fast. Well — stop right here.

With 5 minutes of prep and roughly 20 minutes in the oven — you can eat the real deal and your teeth won’t fall out from too much sugar or preservatives.

Prepare yourself. They are damn good.

The Best Chocolate Brownie. Ever.

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

2 tbsp cocoa

2/3 cup flour

1/2 chopped walnuts

Mix in order given. Bake in a greased 8 x 8 pan (or suffer the consequences) at 350 degrees for 20–25 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Test with a toothpick at 20 min.

Only cut brownies into squares once they are cool.

Feel free to hide these brownies from prying eyes.

Thanks for reading! I have loads of food essays (delicious recipes too) and thoughtful and quirky simpler living essays waiting for you. (Well over 100 of them!) And this story caught the attention of NBC News in New York!