Easy Brownie Recipe: Oma's or Vegan ❤️

1. Oma's Easy Brownie Recipe

Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¾ cup flour, all purpose
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tsp almond extract (optional)
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 1⅓ cup powdered sugar
• ⅓ cup cocoa
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1½ tbsp hot coffee

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease 8" X 8" pan.
• In a small pot, heat butter and cocoa over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
• In mixing bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar, flour, walnuts, almond extract (optional), salt, and cocoa mixture. Stir together well.
• Spread in prepared pan, smoothing top.
• Bake for 25 - 30 minutes, until wooden pick inserted in center comes out moist, not wet, with batter. Do not over-bake.
• Cool slightly in pan on rack before icing.
• For icing, beat powdered sugar, cocoa, butter, and coffee until smooth, adding more powdered sugar or coffee as needed until proper consistency is reached.
• Spread over warm brownies. Cut into squares.

Hints:

• Sift cocoa and/or powdered sugar if lumpy
• Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of icing, if desired.
• Using vanilla instead of almond extract will give you a delicious variation on this easy brownie recipe.

2. Delicious Vegan Brownies

Ingredients:

• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp almond extract
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp salt
• 1½ cup flour
• 2 oz unsweetened chocolate (melted)
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Spray or oil a 9" x 9" pan.
• Mix everything together in a bowl EXCEPT for the melted chocolate and nuts. Once everything is well mixed, add the chocolate and nuts and mix in well.
• Pour batter into pan and smooth top.
• Bake about 25 - 30 minutes or until center is firm and not sticky. 
• Cool completely before cutting.