Chocolate Brownies

I've made this recipes for years now. It came to us as the result of a late night online search, when Mr Do It Frugal craved brownies. The problem with may brownie recipes is that they usually call for some type of cooking chocolate or chocolate bits, which I didn't have on hand at the time. So finding one that was really simple to make and didn't have a lot of ingredients was key. Little did I know at the time, as simple as it seems that this would be my go to recipe for brownies everytime.

The recipe yields 16 delicious squares of moist and fudgy brownie pieces. They're rich and decadent and just all around good eats. Whilst not only being so delicious, they are phenomenally cheap to make and usually, everything that you need to make them, you have sitting in the pantry. The total cost for this recipe is less that what you'd pay for a boxed mix at the store.

Makes: 16 serves
Total Time: 10 minutes prep + 40 minutes baking
Total Cost: $3.35

To make this recipe you will need:

• 1 cup Plain Flour / All purpose flour ($0.13)
• 2/3 cup Cocoa powder ($0.80)
• 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder ($0.05)
• 1/2 tsp. Salt ($0.05)
• 2 cups white granulated sugar ($0.35)
• 4 large Eggs ($1.00)
• 1 cup Vegetable Oil ($0.75)
• 2 tsp. Vanilla essence - I use imitation vanilla  ($0.20)