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Type of food: Square or bar chocolate cookie

Brownies are bar chocolate fudgy cookies. They are not considered cakes.

They are typically eaten by hand, often accompanied with milk, ice cream or topped with whipped cream.

The Brownie was developed in the United States at the end of the 19th century and popularized in the U.S. and Canada during the first half of the 20th century.

One legend about the creation of brownies is that Brownies were first made in 1893 in Chicago, when Bertha Palmer, a prominent Chicago socialite, whose husband owned the “Palme House Hotel” had to attend the “Chicago Columbian Exposition” and she wanted small cakes to be eaten easily, as finger food, by the ladies attending the event. The result was the Palmer House Brownie with walnuts.

How to make brownies:

First, preheat the oven to 175ºC and grease a 9x13-inch pan.

Next, melt the butter in a big bowl.

After that, mix all the ingredients (sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, flour and baking powder) with the melted butter.

Then, spread the batter into the prepared pan.

After that, decorate it with walnut halves or chocolate chips if desired.

Finally, bake in preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

Cut it in 20 pieces when it’s cold and enjoy it!