These brownies are great!!

THESE WERE SO GOOD! But I suggest not to put in the pecans... But were good anyway

My cousins and I had a bakeoff at their house. Me and one of my other cousins choose this recipe and everyone loved it, it surely won! When my mom came to pick us up she tried it, she loved it so much she asked for a copy of the recipe, we practically make these all the time now! Great job, thank you for posting this.

hmm.. I know my butter wasn't room temperature. The brownie cookies were a little flat. I only used 3/4c. of pecans because I thought 3c. would be way too much. Others as you can see, commented that they are great! I wouldn't make again. they were ok :)

M, measurement cups can vary, and the method of measuring can, too. This might affect the amount of flour. I have a good quality stainless steel 2-cup measuring cup which actually measured 2 1/2 cups when I checked it. We don't recommend plastic measuring cups because they can vary. Also, be sure you're using liquid measures for liquids and dry measures for dry (and level them off). You can actually fit an extra 1/4 cup or so of flour on top of a dry measure if you don't level it off. Another factor in measuring when baking is whether the recipe calls for flour to be sifted, if it does and you don't sift, you might also add 1/8-1/4 cup more flour.

Is it possible you added too small a quantity of flour? This might make it somewhat flat. Or, it might be that your baking powder wasn't fresh - I toss mine every six months (or use it to scrub pans). I mark on the bottom with a sharpie the date of purchase.

But the most likely reason your brownies might have been flat is because the butter and sugar wasn't creamed until "light and fluffy" which can take a few minutes; then beat the eggs well, add one at a time, and beat well after each until the eggs are incorporated.

Oh, and resist the urge to open the oven door to peek too soon, or they might fall and go flat! Wait at least until they are 3/4 of the way through the baking time before checking.

Happy Baking!

-- CM

They tasted good... but they were hard as hell!!!!

Hi Elizabeth,

Try baking them about 5 minutes less next time, or reduce your oven temperature by 25 degrees (especially if you've got a convection oven). It sounds like your brownies were overbaked.

-- CM

My cousin and I baked these cookies for her girl scout cookie exchange thing and everybody seemed to enjoy them, which totally beat making another batch of chocolate cip cookies like everybody else did! Thank you so much! :)

I made these cookies allergy friendly for my grandson. No butter, used his butter, non dairy. They are delicious!