Easy sauce pan brownies are the perfect treat anytime. Six ingredients you most likely have on hand. Who needs boxed brownies when you wow your friends and family with this homemade ooey gooey treat in under 30 minutes!
Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat, add chocolate squares whisk until melted. If you don’t have unsweetened chocolate bars in your pantry then you can use cocoa powder follow the directions on the back.
Whisk it in there till the chocolate and butter are one smooth party.
Now add sugar and flour with baking powder, whisk in until smooth. Remove from heat and add…
The eggs that you already have cracked in a measuring cup and beat. Mix them in to the chocolate batter quick, quick don’t dillydally.
Pour into greased 8×8 baking dish. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20- minutes. And Voila in less than 30 minutes you can have yourself a very sweet treat!
Look at that. My mood is lifting already. It’s gonna be Ok. I’m going to find my husband a present and “I bet your bottom dollah, that tomarrah there’ll be sun”…. Oh Annie.
Sorry, I lost me senses and broke into a rousing rendition of “Tomorrow”. Now I need to ask. Are you a corner or a middle piece person?
My second son is a corner man. He always calls the corner piece in everything! The other kiddos are middle piece people, and ME well, as the growth of my middle has shown, I am a corner/middle/and anything in between person. If I had to pick I would pick the corner…crispy and chewy all in one.
MIDDLE?
CORNER?
Hope your weekend is sunny and SWEET! XO Sheila
Saucepan Brownies
Sheila
The easiest from scratch brownie recipe you can make to cure your brownie cravings.
3ouncesunsweetened chocolateif you don't have you can use cocoa and oil see the side of the cocoa container for directions
1cupsugar
1/2cupflour
1/2teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspoonvanilla
2wholeeggs
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. LIne baking pan with parchment paper and lightly butter an corners that the parchment doesn't cover.
Crack eggs into a small dish and whisk them with a fork. Set aside.
Add butter and unsweetened chocolate squares to sauce pan, stir it as it melts to combine. Cook over medium low heat.
When butter is melted add sugar and stir. Mixture will be grainy, stir until all ingredients are melted and incorporated. Add vanilla. Stir.
Still over heat add flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine. Remove from heat, quickly add eggs stir them in until brownie batter is smooth and glossy. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out of middle clean.
** see notes below
Notes
Baking brownies: I prefer to under bake my brownies, because I like them chewy and gooey. If you remove brownies from oven, and leave them in pan they will continue to bake. When ready lift up on the parchment paper to lift brownies out of pan onto a cutting board. Cut them into 9 equal pieces. Enjoy!
Sheila~ I'm so glad you posted this! I come from a family where growing up I thought a box was the only way to make desserts. This is just as simple though, I must say!
I ended up having "one of those days" last weekend. We were planning on going to a friends house for dinner. Our part of the meal was to bring the pizza & my friend was going to bake brownies…something else too I think, but all I could fixate on were the thought of the brownies. I could even smell the deliciousness for the week beforehand. Well, we went to my friends house, kids in toe. Right when we walked in the front door my oldest, unexpectedly spews vomit all over their foyer. I yell, "get him out, get him out!" While my friends and their children gasp. Yes, I felt horrible on MANY levels! I felt bad for my son and his sour tummy, I felt bad for my friends who now have vomit in their rug, but I also felt bad because I could smell the brownies baking in the oven… but had to leave… I dropped the pizza & ran out of the house. I knew it was the "right" thing to do, even though I would have loved to ask for the brownies in a to-go box. Man, that was like having an itch & not being able to scratch it. I was so close too!
Thankfully, after peace was returned to the house (ie after bed-time) you had posted this recipe. It was the sign I needed to get baking, and baking I did. These were DELICIOUS! Not to mention quick & easy.
Now all is well in the Betts' household thanks to you! Erika
How did you know that I've been needing chocolate? 🙂
I'm a middle person. I like the soft way better than the chew. My husband like the edges though. But if you warm it up and put ice cream on it I'll eat any piece. 🙂
I can feel those 11 pounds calling me, "We've missed you so." But all things in moderation, right? Love a chocolatey recipe that my posse can polish off in one sitting. Yum!
3 level Tablespoons Cocoa+1 Tablespoon oil = 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate!
Now add sugar and flour with baking powder, whisk in until smooth. Remove from heat and add…
Sheila~
I'm so glad you posted this! I come from a family where growing up I thought a box was the only way to make desserts. This is just as simple though, I must say!
I ended up having "one of those days" last weekend. We were planning on going to a friends house for dinner. Our part of the meal was to bring the pizza & my friend was going to bake brownies…something else too I think, but all I could fixate on were the thought of the brownies. I could even smell the deliciousness for the week beforehand. Well, we went to my friends house, kids in toe. Right when we walked in the front door my oldest, unexpectedly spews vomit all over their foyer. I yell, "get him out, get him out!" While my friends and their children gasp. Yes, I felt horrible on MANY levels! I felt bad for my son and his sour tummy, I felt bad for my friends who now have vomit in their rug, but I also felt bad because I could smell the brownies baking in the oven… but had to leave… I dropped the pizza & ran out of the house. I knew it was the "right" thing to do, even though I would have loved to ask for the brownies in a to-go box. Man, that was like having an itch & not being able to scratch it. I was so close too!
Thankfully, after peace was returned to the house (ie after bed-time) you had posted this recipe. It was the sign I needed to get baking, and baking I did. These were DELICIOUS! Not to mention quick & easy.
Now all is well in the Betts' household thanks to you!
Erika
Hey! I forgot about these – old school. 😉
I especially like the sexy, drooling mama on the car ride home! And I will try the brownies…mmmmmm!
How did you know that I've been needing chocolate? 🙂
I'm a middle person. I like the soft way better than the chew. My husband like the edges though. But if you warm it up and put ice cream on it I'll eat any piece. 🙂
I can feel those 11 pounds calling me, "We've missed you so." But all things in moderation, right? Love a chocolatey recipe that my posse can polish off in one sitting. Yum!