Blue Ribbon Brownies Recipes

KENTUCKY BOURBON BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Place butter and chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool completely, 10 to 15 minutes.
• While chocolate cools, sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat eggs in a bowl using an electric stand mixer or hand mixer until almost light in color. Mix in bourbon and vanilla extract. Gradually mix in sugar until well blended. Stir in chocolate-butter mixture. Stir in flour mixture until combined, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed. Fold in pecans. Spread brownie mixture into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges pull away from the sides of the pan, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.

STATE FAIR RIBBON FUDGE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray the bottom of an 8x8-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, cocoa, and 1/4 teaspoon plus a pinch of salt together in a bowl and set aside.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add semisweet and bittersweet chocolate to melted butter and stir until smooth. Remove from heat; set aside for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix brown sugar, eggs, and banana by hand until combined, about 1 minute. Add melted chocolate mixture to banana mixture and stir well, about 1 minute more. Mix flour mixture slowly into chocolate, stirring just enough to combine. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 2 hours before cutting.

FIVE-STAR BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and vanilla until blended. Beat in butter and shortening until smooth. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in nuts if desired. , Line a 13x9-in. baking pan with foil and grease the foil; pour batter into pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. , Using foil, lift brownies out of pan. Discard foil. Cut brownies with a 3-in. star-shaped cookie cutter or into bars.

BLUE RIBBON CHEESE CAKE BROWNIES

Steps:

• FOR CHEESE CAKE TOPPING:.
• In a small bowl, stir together all the ingredients for topping and set aside.
• FOR BROWNIE:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease a 9x13-inch glass pan**.
• In a small bowl, melt the chocolate chips with the olive oil in the microwave, set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Slowly beat in chocolate.
• Add vanilla and 1 egg at a time until combined.
• Add flour and beat until just combined, do not over mix.
• Pour brownie mix into pan and spread out evenly.
• Spoon cheese cake topping over and spread out.
• With a knife, make little swirls in the batters, not to really combined them, but to just make swirly patterns on the top.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with crumbs on it.

BEST-EVER BLOND BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• Add nuts, mix well.
• Melt butter and mix with sugar, stir in eggs and vanilla
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture slowly
• Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan and sprinkle chips on top
• Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.