Applesauce Brownie Recipe

Grandma Heikens' Applesauce Brownie Recipe

Brownie Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup Butter (or Margarine)
2 Tablespoon Cocoa
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
2 Cup Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
2 Cup Applesauce

Topping Ingredients: 

2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Cup Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts

Directions:

Combine sugar, eggs, butter, cocoa and salt, beat throughly. Sift (see below) baking soda, flour and cinnamon. Add flour mixture alternately with applesauce to the cocoa mixture. Spread on jellyroll pan (see below). Sprinkle topping mixture over and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Sifting, is it necessary? No, it is not. If you do not own a sifter, no worries you can still make the above recipe by stirring the flour mixture thoroughly. However, many baked recipes call for a sifter so if you are planning to bake often you may want to purchase one. They are fairly inexpensive and range from $6 to $30. Sifting helps to break up the clumps that often form over time, especially if you live in a region that has humid weather (that's us Iowa). Breaking up the clumps helps to evenly mix together the ingredients, increasing the flavor and holding the shape after it has been baked.

Jellyroll pan, if you are unsure what that is, it looks like a flat cookie sheet but with sides approximately an inch tall. You can also pour the brownie mixture into standard cupcake pans to create individual round brownies as shown in the above picture. I filled two standard cupcake pans, making two dozen individual brownies. Make sure to grease the pans.

I also skipped the walnuts, as I am not a big walnut fan and used mini chocolate chips.

Thank you Grandma Heikens for sharing this recipe! You can find Grandma Heikens in the Ackley catering kitchen, whipping up lots of delicious taste of home recipes and ready to take your catering orders. You can call her Grandma Heikens, but she also goes by the name Norma.