My youngest daughter just celebrated her 5th birthday. She will be having a rainbow owl cut out cake, made from my family favorite chocolate cake recipe, for her birthday party so she wanted something different on her birthday. She chose to make these brownies to put her candles in. The great thing about this recipe is that she could make it with just a little help from me since it didn't require an electric mixer. She had so much fun mixing the ingredients and spreading it in the pan. To serve, we put out Pillsbury's spray vanilla and chocolate frosting and several different sprinkles so that the girls could decorate their own. It is a more cake like brownie, but the flavor is amazing. The girls prefer this brownie over the gooey brownie I made a little while back. Personally, I think the frosting had a lot to do with that too. My brownies stuck to the sprayed pan so next time I will prepare them in a sprayed and foil lined pan like I stated for you in the instructions.
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup water
1 cup oil
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce or additional water
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup safe chocolate chips
Line a 9x13 baking dish with foil, leaving a 2” overhang at the opposite ends for handles. Spray with a nonstick cooking spray. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Add the water, oil, applesauce and vanilla then mix until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared baking dish. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until the top is no longer shiny and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool before cutting into squares.
* If desired, you can omit the chocolate chips.
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