The Best Brownies EVER!

I have recently started cooking for snacks for the youth. Its cheaper for the church and healthier snacks because I can control the ingredients. One nonhealthy but tasty snack I made at the last Chill-In was brownies! Homemade, PERFECTLY sizes wonderful BROWNIES!

The key is baking it in a mini muffin pan! They come out bite sized and perfect. And with the mini muffin pan it takes half the bake time.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso combined with 1 tablespoon warm water
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder (for extra rich brownies, try dark cocoa powder)
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Dark chocolate chips (I used 60% cacao)
• Baking spray (cooking spray with flour for baking)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray mini muffin tin with baking spray.

Combine butter, sugar, espresso mixture, and eggs in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, and beat to combine.

Fill a mini muffin tin with the brownie batter. Place a few chocolate chips in the center of each brownie bite.

Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and allow brownie bites to cool slightly prior to removing from pan.

The Magic of Twitter

Last week I visited my niece and nephew in Columbia for half of a day. At the end of the day while I was preparing to leave, my sister-in-law tells me that Destiny had been sick with a virus and out of school for three days. Guess where I have been since Saturday. Sick. Sick. Sick.

Good things that have come from being sick is that I have had some time off my feet and letting my bruises heal from working so hard last week. The first three days I never moved from the couch; however, as I have started to feel better, I have gotten on the computer more.

On the computer, I decided to see what this TWITTER is all about. And it has become a slight addiction. I have only had one for a little over a day and I have already noticed that it will be hard to NOT do. Especially since I work on the computer alot.

Mommy and Me

It is amazing how I never realized how much I look like my mother. My grandmother and my aunt scanned in about 1000 photos from 1984 and up which contained a majority of me. There were a few of my mom holding me as a child that I posted on my facebook. Some of my friends commented on how much it looked like me holding my baby self. What do YOU think?

I have been away cleaning and working hard in Greenville. It will be great to finally get home and see my husband. I have missed him so much!