You won’t even be able to tell that these protein muffins are excellent for you! These last up to 2 days at room temperature and up to 3 months in the freezer.
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups white sugar
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Pour sugar into a clean and dry one quart jar. Press down firmly.
- Add cocoa powder and press down firmly. Pour in chopped pecans, making sure pecans are evenly layered in the jar. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into jar and seal.
- Attach the following directions to the jar: Empty mix into large bowl. Use your hands to mix thoroughly. Add 3/4 cup of butter or margarine and 4 slightly beaten eggs. Mix until completely blended. Spread batter into a lightly greased or sprayed 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until done. Cool in pan. Cut into 2 inch squares.
Reviews
Works great for do ahead mixes for your own pantry.
Works great for do ahead mixes for your own pantry.
I followed the recipe exatly…packed it down, and it didn’t fit had 1/2 c. flour to get in & no way…can someone tell me what I did wrong????
These are so delicious and easy to make
This recipe can be used to make delicious fudgy brownies with a few tweaks. 2 cups of sugar instead of 2 14 1 cup of butter melted, instead of 3/4 cup 1 tsp. vanilla added 3 eggs instead of 4. Only use 4 eggs if you prefer cake-like brownies. Bake and enjoy!
Not bad at all. I made this today with one slight change. I had a chocolate craving and no chocolate, so I was looking for brownie recipes that do not involve chocolate chunks. I hate brownie recipes that are nothing but sugar. You can’t taste the chocolate with too much sugar, so I cut waaay back on it. The brownies were good. Would make again.
I made this for 2 co-workers and they loved it. I also made a batch for myself to see how they were and they turned out good. I followed the recipe just as it is. Great idea, thanks for sharing!
Loved it! I used one less egg because I do not like cakey brownies, but everyone loved them. I don’t think I will buy the packages of brownie mix ever again, this was so easy!
I can’t rate it 5 stars yet because we haven’t actually tried baking it. But I made this mix with my Girl Scout troop tonight and it was a great learning lesson for them – measuring, pouring, identifying what the different ingredients were for. Thanks for the simple recipe that was fun to make.
Awesome used last christmas and was a cheap gift I could give to everyone!
The best thick brownies I have made in a long time! Very awesome! Quick to make, with many smiles.
I made these for a Red Cross event and they were a hit. While warm out of the oven,I added a bit of powdered sugar to the top, which is how I remember them as a child. The only difficulty I had was fitting all the ingredients in a jar as a gift. I found that pounding the jar on a carpeted floor settles each section nicely to fit the rest of the ingredients in.
I made 5 batches of these today for Christmas presents. I put them in decorative cookie bags and paired them up with Christmas oven mitts. I also made a batch for myself to see if they were even worth giving away. They are very nice. Moist and chewy and rich. I did add a tsp of vanilla but that’s the only thing I changed. I was going to melt the butter to make the batter easier to spread but found I didn’t have to. Really good brownie recipe and thanks for sharing!
addition idea: get a small plastic bag and fill it with sprinkles. attach it to the back of the directions and lable the bag “LOVE” . on the last step of the directions, put: Remove from over and sprinkle it with Love!
Just made this recipe to test it out for holiday gifts. It’s easy on the recipient, works great and tastes great. I cut the sugar to 2 cups as some others did, and added 1/2 c. chocolate chips instead of nuts. My kids actually thought less chips would be better so I’ll probably go with 1/3 c. next time. And melt the butter/marg before adding…
Very good. We used Chocolate Chucks instead of nuts and we are going to put the ingredients in an Oven Mitt instead of a jar.
I had a Christmas cookie party. I had my friends come over and make this mix to give away to family and friends for the holidays. We put the mix in large ziploc bags and placed it inside an oven mitt. This worked out great and everyone just raved about how great the brownies were and how they kept them for themselves. This is now apart of our holiday traditions.
Terrible.
They tasted pretty good, but I had a hard time fitting them into a jar. I had a lot of left over mix.
delicious recipe. Lots of sugar though but that’s what makes it so good.
This recipe was okay,not fantastic! my husband hasn’t even touched them. That is usually a good indicator. I did add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips instead of nuts, I can’t imagine how they would have turned out had I not added those. The flavor just doesn’t have any umpft! plus they are too cake like, we like ours oohy and goohy, These need less eggs, and maybe bakers chocolate, and also maybe some different sort of chocolate chips. A good recipe if you like to experiment with different things but not good for gifts.