delicious brownies

I made brownies for some friends today, and I gotta say they turned out pretty darn well....to die for even. The brownies are nice and moist. The frosting deliciously creamy....MmmMmM

My husband started off licking the bowl and utensils...then he was eye-ing the brownies when it was completed. He thoroughly enjoyed them...all 4 squares...

For Brownies:

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/3 cup cocoa

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease 9" square baking pan.

2. In a bowl, stir together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, beat well with a spoon.

3. In another bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Gradually, add to egg mixture, beating until well blended. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan.

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

For Brownie Frosting:

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter, softened

3 tablespoons cocoa

1 tablespoon honey

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup icing sugar

2 tablespoons milk

Method

1. In a small bowl, beat butter, cocoa, honey and vanilla until blended.

2. Add icing sugar and milk, beat to spreading consistency.

Spread frosting all over the brownies. Cut into squares. Indulge.

Makes a batch of 16 brownies.

nostalgic honey joys

After many, many, many years (more than a decade), I indulged in some honey joys - an Australian all-time favorite. It brought back memories of my childhood, school fêtes and birthdays. I remember making this for the first time in primary school in home ec and waiting to divulge in this crunchy and sticky goodness! Makes me homesick.

Extremely simple and quick recipe.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons honey

4 cups cornflakes

Method

Preheat oven to 150C.

In a saucepan, melt sugar, butter and honey and bring to a boil.

Remove saucepan from heat.

Add cornflakes into saucepan and mix gently with sugar mixture, until everything is evenly coated. Spoon mixture into paper cake cases or patty pan.

Place in oven, bake for 10 minutes.

Allow to cool before eating.

Makes 20-25.

I used mini cake cases and also regular sized ones. Above are the mini ones.