recipe\\\charity water bakesale

what's better than raising money for a good cause? baking for it.
my friend is in charge of having fundraisers to raise money for her cause: charity water. what this organization does is it takes funds from each school's campaign, and sends it to be used to build water supplies in India.  their view is that just because a person is poor does not mean they need to have a poor solution.

i decided it would be a great time to try out a new recipe [of course] because people will buy gross brownies because it's all for a great cause! they didn't turn out as hoped because i left them in the oven for a bit too long but all is well.

~Super Moist Brownies~

+ 1-1/2 cup all-purpose flower

+ 2 cups sugar

+ 6 T. unsweetened cocoa powder

+ 1 t. salt

+ 1-1/2 cup oil

+ 4 eggs

+ 2 t. vanilla extract

+ 3/4 cup chocolate chips

+ 1 cup nuts of choice [optional]

i made the recipe a little differently than called for, and as a baker, feel free to adapt recipe to past experiences and taste.

preheat oven to 350 deg. Fahrenheit

combine flour, sugar [i used 1 cup granulated and 1/2 cup packed brown sugar for a total of only 1-1/2 cups sugar], cocoa, and salt

salt is important to every recipe because not only does it give your tongue the perfect underlying taste, it brings out sweetness as well as getting rid of any bitterness from baking powder/soda.

combine well.  next use a large bowl and combine 'wet' ingredients.  i was lazy so i just made a well in my 'dry' ingredients for a faster process.

add eggs and oil and stir until you arrive at a consistent mixture.  it takes about 50 strokes, if one is hand-mixing.

finally, mix in vanilla and chocolate chips until evenly blended.

grease a 9x13 pan and fill with batter.  then and place into the oven.

bake for 24-26 minutes, watching to make sure it doesn't dry out.  when a toothpick inserted comes out clean it is ready to be eaten :)

as you can tell, mine was in the oven for about 30 minutes before i remembered.  i didn't put as much patience into this treat which is why i didn't get tastier brownies.  i have to save my energy for a baking contest on saturday.  any ideas? i can't wait! i will have a ~baketastic~ friday night, eating batter and all.

the rules of the contest are:

a) something with only chocolate chips

b) something without chocolate

c) something with fruit

d) free choice

goodnight! wish charity water and i luck :)