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                                            Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes  | 
                                            Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 16  | 
                                         
                                        
                                     
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                    This is the brownie recipe I grew up with. I've never tasted any others quite like it. It's very simple and not overly sweet, but is definitely sure to give you your chocolate fix :) I'm posting this because I wanted to share it with all you, but also because I wanted to see the nutritional info, hehe :) We always use heaping tablespoons of cocoa and just dump in the chocolate chips until it looks good. I have also tried putting a teaspoon of cinnamon in, and it was delicious :) Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                1/2 cup butter, plus  |  
                                                1 tablespoon butter (see note below)  |  
                                                1 cup sugar  |  
                                                1 teaspoon vanilla  |  
                                                2 eggs  |  
                                                3 tablespoons cocoa  |  
                                                1/2 cup all-purpose flour  |  
                                                3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (about 1/4 package)  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla. 2. Add eggs. 3. Then carefully stir in cocoa and flour (stir slowly, they like to puff and make a mess!). 4. Bake in greased 8x8 pan (glass works best) for 25 minutes  350*. 5. NOTE: Instead of the cocoa powder and extra T butter, you can use 2 squares bitter baking chocolate.                              | 
                         
                         
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