Decadent brownies !

It's been snowing here in Virginia since morning and the cold dreary weather had me craving brownies ! Brownies are so easy to make. The only step that requires "hard work" is mixing the ingredients lol. 

Ingredients:

2 eggs

Quarter cup of crushed almonds

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

1.5 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

2/3 cup of all purpose flour

Half cup semi-sweet chocolate chips melted ( melt in microwave at 15 seconds intervals)

Pinch of salt

In a mixing bowl whisk together butter and sugar until the mixture is fluffy. You can do this by hand but I prefer to use an electronic hand mixture.

To the butter mixture add eggs, vanilla, flour, crushed almonds, cocoa powder, salt and melted chocolate. Mix until well incorporated but don't over mix.

The mixture should be thick and not too runny

Spray a baking dish with non-stick oil and line with parchment paper. Slowly pour in the mixture. Bake in oven for about 20 minutes at 350. The baking time will depend on your oven. If you want to check the readiness of the brownies carefully stick in a toothpaste. If the toothpick comes out wet your brownies still need more time. The brownies are ready when the toothpick comes out with some soft crumbs.

These brownies turned out so delicious. I had them warm with a glass of cold milk. I dusted some confectioners sugar on top. I used crushed almonds in the mixture but if you want you can use pecans as well.