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Quick and easy brownie recipe with ingredients found in your pantry...got 30 minutes to spare?

Grandma Goff's Brownies

Quick and easy brownie recipe with ingredients found in your pantry...got 30 minutes to spare? 
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Shortening melted or vegetable oil
  • 2 Eggs (Use 1 egg for chewier brownies)
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. 
  • Mix together shortening, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. 
  • Sift together dry ingredients.  
  • Add into wet ingredients. Stir to combine.
  • Pour into 8 x 8 square pan, sprayed with cooking spray. Smooth out the mixture and bake for 30 mins at 350 degrees. 
  • Cut when cooled.

Notes

Heat up in the microwave and top with raspberry sorbet or ice cream. Or top with powdered sugar or frosting.
If you make the chewier recipe, the dough will be thicker, so just smooth it in the pan using your fingers or a spatula. 
Keyword brownies