Toaster Oven Brownies Recipe

I would like to thank Conn’s for the recent $50 gift card that enabled me to purchase my first toaster oven. The summers in Texas are hot, hot, hot so I don’t turn the oven on very often. This is sad and leads to me not posting here a lot because I prefer baking and broiling over most other cooking methods. I should call this recipe-a-month the way I’ve been cooking lately.

At any rate, the toaster oven I bought has gotten horrible reviews at Amazon, but I can’t see why. So far, it’s made everything I’ve thrown in it perfect and has not caught my house on fire. My boyfriend laughs at me when I read the manuals on these things, but hey, I have to attribute some of those bad reviews to user error where RTFM would have come in handy. Best of all have been these brownies (boyfriend’s favorite breakfast — I have no idea how he stays so slim) and the house stays cool and I make just enough for him (6 muffins) so I don’t eat too many myself.

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup flour

1. Heat toaster oven to 350 degrees 5.
2. Melt butter.
3. Stir in cocoa first, then sugar. Hand stir this whole recipe — don’t use a blender!
4. Add eggs one at a time and stir in completely.
5. Add flour and stir just until you no longer see any flour bits. Don’t overmix or your brownies will turn out like bricks.
6. Pour batter into a 6-cup muffin tin (which fits perfect in my toaster oven) that is non-stick or sprayed with cooking spray.
7. Bake for about 20 - 25 minutes depending on your oven. Mine is super small and takes the full 25 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the middle will not come out clean, but when they’re done it will come out with moist crumbs instead of batter slime.