Brownies in a Flash

Most brownie recipes call for 2-3 eggs as one of their ingredients to help bind all the ingredients together. When I bake, I can usually replace one egg without a problem but 2-3 eggs are much harder to replace so we have not tried making brownies with Egg Replacer or any other egg replacement method. The problem is that every time we made brownies I would feel bad that Katie could not eat them. I remember a friend of hers asking Katie if she liked brownies. She turned to her and said “I don’t know, I've never had one.”

It was time for me to figure this out! Right about that time, my son came home all excited because his gym teacher had given them a recipe for “Brownie in a Cup” and he knew that Katie could actually eat it. I tried it out on both kids and they loved it so I thought I would share it with you. 

Another reason I love this recipe is that instead of having a whole pan of brownies to eat up, you only have one cup to eat and clean up. I also love that it only takes a couple of minutes to make this.

Brownie in a Cup

4T       Flour

4T       Sugar

2T       Cocoa

Dash of salt

2T       oil

2T       water

¼ tsp.  vanilla

Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa and salt in a cup. Add oil, water and vanilla and stir. Microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds until it is the desired consistency. The exact times will vary depending on your microwave.

Christmas Alternative: Add a drop of peppermint to the brownie mix before cooking and top with crushed candy canes.

Enjoy your sweet treat!