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Brownie  is a popular chocolate kind of cake. You can eat it with coffee, milk or vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks or 8 oz) unsalted butter.
• 2 ¼ cups granulated sugar.
• 4 eggs at room temperature.
• 1 ¼ cups cocoa powder.
• 1 teaspoon salt.
• 1 teaspoon baking powder.
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract.
• ½ cups all-purpose flour.
• Optional. Chocolate chips.
• Optional. Some pecan nuts.

Directions

1. Preheat your oven at 350º F and grease a square 9” x 13” cake pan.
2. In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
3. When the butter is melted, add the sugar and stir until combine. Then, let it cook for another 2 minutes, stirring.
4. Put the mixture in a bowl. It should be thick.
5. Add the eggs, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and vanilla extract to the bowl. Mix well until combined. You can use a whisk or a electric mixer.
6. Add the flour and mix with a silicone spatula until combine.
7. Stir with whisk for 1 or 2 minutes.
8. Optional. Add chocolate chips and/or pecan nuts and stir until well combined.
9. Pour the batter into a greased pan.
10. Bake for about 30 minutes. To know if the brownie if ready, you can insert a toothpick. If it comes out semi-clean, it’s ready.

Serving suggestion

1. Cut in pieces of about 2 inches.
2. In a plate, put 2 pieces.
3. Put the plate in the microwave 20 seconds.
4. Add 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream.