I never got around to making the cookies (though I still might some time soon), and now I don’t have time before we head to Nebraska to see Tyler and his sports team.  Actually Miles and I are going to visit Tyler at his workplace and then chill out at a bed and breakfast.  He and I are not big football fans.

Anyway, I wanted to make the cookies to bring on the trip, but since that didn’t happen, I’m going to make a batch of brownies instead.  These brownies are super-awesome.  Denny’s coworker brought us a pan of them after Miles was born, and they were so good I demanded the recipe.  Here ’tis.

I’m skipping the frosting recipe, because I made it once and it was gross.  The ones Denny’s coworker brought had some kind of glaze on them that was good, but I’m not sure about the recipe for that.

Super-rad Brownies

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
2. In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.

I plan to double this for a 9×13 pan, because there would not be enough for 4 people with the original recipe.  My brother probably won’t eat any because he’s a health nut.  This is why he has like 1% body fat.  Oh well.