Queen Of Hearts Brownies

 

Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 22 Minutes

Ready In: 22 Minutes Servings: 21

brownie preheat oven 350 degrees f

line a jelly roll pan (15 inches x 10 inches x 1 inch) with heavy duty aluminum foil, extend the foil over the edges. spray with pam.

1 1/4 cups sugar

3/4 cup butter

1/2 cup (good quality )unsweetened cocoa

combine the above 3 ingredients in a saucepan on low heat, stirring occasionally. take off heat when butter has melted. cool for 5 minutes.

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

add eggs to the chocolate-butter-sugar mixture, 1 egg at a time, mixing well each time. add the last 3 ingredients (vanilla, b. powder, b. soda) to the choc. butter mix, and mix together well.

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup buttermilk or (1 cup soy milk +1 tablespoon lemon juice, let sit for 10 minutes)

adding alternately ,mix in the flour and the buttermilk, a little bit at a time, continue mixing well after each addition.

spread into the prepped pan. bake 20-22 minutes, when a toothpick stuck into the center of the cake, comes out clean. cool completely.

using the foil to remove the brownie sheet , lift from the pan. cut out heart shaped brownies with a large (2 1/2 inch) ('6 cm) template or cookie cutter. you should get 21 hearts.