{"id":2455,"date":"2007-04-04T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:40:37","slug":"got-an-itch-for-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/04\/04\/got-an-itch-for-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Got An Itch For Brownies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a batch of from-scratch goodies. I will never buy a box mix again. I always have the necessary ingredients on hand. I just haven&#8217;t ever tried to make homemade before. Vastly better! The recipe makes a fudgy brownie. For a more cakelike texture you can use 1\/2 tsp. of baking powder. <center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/446108060\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/248\/446108060_7342737732.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"brownies from scratch\" \/><\/a><\/center>Homemade Brownies<\/p>\n<p>1 &#038; 2\/3 cup white sugar<br \/>\n3\/4 cup butter or margarine, melted<br \/>\n2 Tbsp. water<br \/>\n2 eggs<br \/>\n2 tsp. vanilla extract<br \/>\n1 &#038; 1\/3 cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n3\/4 cup of baking cocoa or 4 squares of unsweetened baking chocolate<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. salt<br \/>\n3\/4 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips or nuts (optional)<\/p>\n<p>Stir together the sugar, butter and water in a large bow. Stir in eggs and vanilla. (If using chocolate squares, melt over low heat and stir into the mixture.) In a separate bowl, combine flour,cocoa, and salt. Stir into the sugar mixture and then add the chocolate chips or nuts. Spread into a greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 18 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out a little sticky. Cool in pan before cutting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a batch of from-scratch goodies. I will never buy a box mix again. I always have the necessary ingredients on hand. I just haven&#8217;t ever tried to make homemade before. Vastly better! The recipe makes a fudgy brownie. For a more cakelike texture you can use 1\/2 tsp. of baking powder. Homemade Brownies 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-arts","category-recreation"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11264,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/11264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}