Small-Batch Brownies

The three recipe options below are for a small batch of brownies baked in a bread loaf pan.  Make a small batch of brownies when you need a little fix.  It will help make your supplies of these ingredients last longer.  The traditional recipe utilizes regular grid-up and happy days fresh ingredients.  Both just-add-water mixes use powdered eggs and powdered vanilla extract.  You can find the latter in upper-end grocery stores right by the vanilla extract and on Amazon.    Just-add-water mix #1 has straight coconut oil; mix #2 replaces some of the coconut oil with butter powder and water and thus the brownies are a little less oily.

Both mixes can be prepared in advance; add the water later when you're ready to bake.  However, before you make multiple mixes, make one batch to try out first.  These recipes produce fudgy brownies, not cake-like brownies.  And these are not overly sweet brownies.  Queen of the Picky Eaters and her sister and father want more sugar.  The rest of us like the semi-sweet or dark chocolate flavor of this brownie. 

Traditional recipe	Just-add-water mix #1	Just-add-water mix #2
¼ cup butter	¼ cup coconut oil	2 tablespoons coconut oil
		3 tablespoons butter powder
½ cup + 1 tablespoon sugar	½ cup + 1 tablespoon sugar	½ cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
¼ cup + 2 tablespoons cocoa powder	¼ cup + 2 tablespoons cocoa powder	¼ cup + 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon salt	¼ teaspoon salt	¼ teaspoon salt
1 egg	2 tablespoons egg powder	2 tablespoons egg powder
¼ cup flour	¼ cup flour	¼ cup flour
½ teaspoon vanilla extract	½ teaspoon vanilla powder	½ teaspoon vanilla powder
	¼ cup water	1/3 cup water

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line a bread loaf pan with parchment paper.

Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl just until combined.  

Spoon the batter into the prepared bread pan.  Bake for 23 minutes.  Let cool 5 minutes in the pan and then use the parchment paper to remove the brownies from the pan.  Let cool on a cooling rack. 


Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
Follow the exact directions for the brownies above. 

Then combine the following:
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Drizzle, swirl, dot, whatever, the peanut butter mixture over the top of the brownie batter.  Bake the same as for the chocolate brownies above.

Links to related posts:
Coconut Oil
Cocoa