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Easily the easiest to make Brownies

It was a last minute desicion to attend a dinner potluck at a friend's place and I had to come up with something fast and good. Since there was plenty of food planned, brownies seemed like a good idea. However, the fact that brownies had never been a part of my prior culinary experiments, was making
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Canola oil - I used soyabean oil which is pretty much odourless
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup jaggery brown sugar powdered brown /
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 tbsp orange zest (optional - but it gives a wonderful flavour)
  • 1/3 cup cocoa rd unsweetened powder ( I used Cadbury's)
  • 1/2 cup AP flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup walnuts chopped

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven at 350F. Line a 9 inch square pan with foil coming out of the edges and grease base sides with oil.
  2. Blend the sugars into the oil, in a large bowl. Lightly whisk the eggs and fold it into the oil-sugar mix. Do not beat this much.
  3. Add the vanilla extract and orange zest into this mix.
  4. Sift the baking powder, AP flour and cocoa powder onto a sheet.
  5. Put in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, along with chopped walnuts and stir gently till well incorporated. Do not beat air into it or over mix if you want your brownies to be chewy.
  6. Pour mix into greased pan, even it out and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the top is dry and it springs back on touch.
  7. Cool well.
  8. Cut with a pizza cutter for clean edges into 16 squares.
  9. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. You could even refrigerate overnight and serve next day when the brownie will be its fudgiest best.

Notes

Note:Source- to be added soon
Variations:
Orange zest pairs beautifully with chocolate flavour and the aromatic walnuts.
You could add chocolate chips, peanut butter, chilli powder or just about any flavours, using this as a basic brownie recipe.
You could use butter, but I prefer oil - it is easier to handle, less messy and also saturated-fat free.
This easy recipe for Brownies goes to Brownie Babe of the Month at Once upon a Tart.