Easy Brownies

Ingredients

Brownies

• 2 cups sifted all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup water
• 4 Tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Topping

• 1 350ml jar peach or apricot jam

Directions

Brownies

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 9x13 inch pan with butter.
3. In a mixing, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
4. In a saucepan melt the butter. Add the water.
5. Whisk in the cocoa so that it is dissolved in the water.
6. Bring to a boil.
7. Pour the liquid into the bowl with the flour mixture and mix together.
8. Use an electric mixer to beat in the buttermilk.
9. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
10. Beat in the vanilla extract.
11. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
12. Remove the pan to a cooling rack.
13. Let cool completely before cutting and serving with a dollop of jam spread on each piece.