Hershey's Best Brownies

[Diane Lane]

I usually make brownies from a mix, because there's one in particular that I love. I usually keep a pouch of the mix on hand, but I don't have any right now, so I went looking to see if there was a recipe I could make using ingredients I have here at the house. This is the one I came up with that looked pretty easy, as well as delicious.

I'm not sure if I'll actually make and use the frosting on this batch, because I would like to try them plain first, especially since someone mentioned in the comments that the frosting wasn't necessary. I think brownies are pretty rich themselves, so I don't normally frost them, but it might be a nice idea for a special occasion. I will sometimes put a light coating of frosting on top, then add different types of sprinkles, and that can help customize this or another recipe for a particular holiday or occasion.

Here is the list of ingredients, and if you decide you'd like to make them, the recipe can be found below:

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
  
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING

https://www.hersheys.com/recipes/en-us/recipes/brownies-bars/98/hersheys-best-brownies

 

[cupcakechef]

I've almost always made brownies from box mixes - I too have a brand of box mix that I like and I tend to stick to it! For so many baked goods I do everything from scratch and for some reason brownies just are the one thing that's not like that very often. I probably need to give this a try and compare the two!

 

[justme4910]

hmm i think I have the stuff to do that except for the nuts and frosting,of course the wal nuts are falling from the trees right now I do wish I had a pecan tree close by,i do like them a lot better

and the paw paws have fallen,I think i have missed those,

 

[Trellum]

I'm definitely going to pin this If it comes from the Hershey's site, then is definitely a good one! I love Hershey chocolate I specially love their sugarless cocoa, I have used it a lot in the past in several baked goods and desserts By the way, I'd not use the icing either, brownies are already too sweet But I must admit I'd love to try icing mine at least once

 

[justme4910]

I have them in the oven Diane I assume this is late in the game,to ask if you measure butter in a Pyrex glass or use the metal cup ? I went with the Pyrex glass,measure powders and such in the metal measuring cups and liquids in the Pyrex glass ? right ? I will know if it has enough butter or not in about 10 minutes with a cool down lol


and I done all that stirring with a perfectly good Kitchen Aid stand mixer staring me in the face

 

[justme4910]

ut oh I used the wrong size baking pan,it has blown up to cake size in the casserole dish and not even close to being done in the middle

this is just wrong lol I should have used more pans or cut it in half,it does smell awful good so it should be edible

 

[Diane Lane]

I usually buy the individually packaged sticks of butter, and the wrappers have the measurements on them. Barring that, if I'm melting the butter, I use a glass cup, so I can see through it. Sometimes it's harder to see the markings on the metal cups, but I do have and use those sometimes, as well. @justme4910 what size pan were you using? It shouldn't have been that tall. I hope your batch came out delicious!

 

[justme4910]

I used a casserole dish.it is a 9 by 7 inch,measuring across the top

 

[ReadmeByAmy]

I always bake brownies from scratch during Christmas because I am giving this as my gift for the holiday to my family, relatives and friends. I am baking a lot of this with different varieties of toppings like marshmallow, peanuts, cashew nuts, chocolate chips or M&M chocolates and chocolate frosting then put them into a box and just wrap it with a very nice packaging. But I am not using a Hershey brand of cocoa because it is expensive here in our place. Maybe if I will try using this brand I know that my brownies will taste more delicious because Hershey chocolate taste good. Thank you for sharing this recipe and I will surely try this version this coming Christmas.