Santa's Sandcastle Brownies

Santa's Sandcastle Brownies

These brownies are a wonderful, homemade recipe that when given as a "gift in a jar" make the recipient really happy. They get the fast convienience of a box mix recipe, the taste of homemade, and they get a nicely presented jar they can keep for use later.

Things needed:

1 cup plus 2 tbs of all purpose flour

2/3 cup brown sugar

2/3 tsp of salt

2/3 cup white sugar

1 tsp of baking powder

1/3 cup of cocoa powder

1/2 cup of chocolate chip, vanilla chips, peanut butter chips.....any kind you like.

1/2 cup of chopped walnuts. These may be left out for those with nut allergies.

Baking instructions. (Be sure to include somewhere on the jar if giving as a gift!)

Combine the brownie mix with 3 eggs, 2/3 cup of oil, and 1 generous tsp of vanilla. Mix well. Spread in and 8x8, greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

From the kitchen of Mary Fischer of Oak Hollow Primitives

Photographed by Mary Fischer