Raspberry Brownies
A quick and easy go-to recipe, at least for desserts, has to be brownies for most. It’s an easy thing to pick up in the grocery store, but it’s even easier to make from scratch. If you’re a somewhat avid baker or cook, chances are you have all the ingredients you need sitting your pantry right now.
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This recipe was taken from Cooking Light, and is 121 calories, the recipe serves 16 (so cut that 8×8 pan up into bite size, satisfying tastes!)
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Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons raspberry (preferrably seedless) jam
1 tablespoon powdered sugar (optional)
Preheat oven to 325°.
Place sugar and eggs in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until thick and pale (about 5 minutes). Combine hot water and coffee granules, stirring until coffee granules dissolve. Add coffee mixture, butter, and vanilla extract to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until combined.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, and salt, stirring with a whisk. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture, stirring just until moist (batter will be thick).
Disregard the soaking pan in the background
Spread batter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Stir raspberry jam in small bowl. Drop small amounts of jam onto batter. Take a skewer or knife and swirl jam throughout.
Bake at 325° for 23 minutes or until brownies spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Garnish brownies with powdered sugar, if desired.
