I ran across this site some time ago while searching for a simple cheap family dessert one night. The site is called CheapCooking.com and it offers a lot of great recipes and tips on saving money.
The recipe was microwave brownies. Sounds simple enough and as a mom of 4 hungry and inpatient children I immediately clicked on it. We tried it and the kids loved it. I was happy to add it to my collection of recipes for kids.
My oldest daughter now makes brownies all the time and I don’t have to worry about the oven not getting turned off after or the mess that gets left behind for me to clean up.
Go check out CheapCooking.com and tell Ellen HI from Cheap Family Meals.
Cheap And So Easy Microwave Brownies
Credit: Ellen at CheapCooking.com: “I got the recipe from Mom’s Big Book of Baking, suggested to me by one of my readers a long while back.”(click on her site for a link to view the cook book and purchase if interested)
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 3/4 cups of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 cups of flour
- 1/2 cups of butter (1 stick) melted and cooled a bit
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions:
- Spray the inside of an 8×8 glass baking dish.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder and flour.
- In a larger bowl, whisk together the cooled butter, eggs, and vanilla. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet with a wooden spoon.
- Scrape the batter into the baking dish. Microwave 4-7 minutes on high, just until the brownies are “done” in the middle.
- Let the brownies cook on a rack 5-10 minutes, then cut into squares and eat.
There you have it- simple and so YUMMY. Top with some vanilla ice-cream and your cheap family dessert is done!
Here are another simple dessert idea you might like: Crockpot Carrot Pudding and if your for more cooking ideas for kids here are some great ideas to keep those little ones busy:
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