Brownies - Birthday Post

Growing up, I've never spent a birthday without being in tears. The day is always full of self-pitying and self-self-self. By the time I reached 18 years old, I despised it. I hated making a big thing out of such a day.With facebook and iCloud and iCal, there are hundreds of people to wish birthdays to. Birthdays are no longer as "special" as it seems. 

Out of the 500 friends you have on facebook, how many times do you actually wish "Happy Birthday" genuinely? But even then, I still couldn't comprehend, why people thrive their hardest to make someone else's birthday so special. What if you don't get the similar effort in return? What if you end up being alone in the bathroom, in tears? 

Being such an extremist about this subject came with consequences. I was bound to be proven wrong. And I was. As though my whole view of birthdays were crushed. All of a sudden, I could comprehend, staying up for hours into the dawn to complete a project, taking out ingredients before the rooster's crow to bake. (Of course there was no roosters involved). But this goes to show that... there ARE people, you would be irrational for. Their smiles are already a sufficient gift in return. So, Happy 20th  Birthday to Yz! Thank you for being the person you are. I truly hope that I will not miss your next birthday and the birthdays to come. I wish that you stay smiling always :)

Now, onto the recipe. Many people love brownies. If they were any less sinful, it would be our staple food. However, there are a few types of brownies. Fudgy, Cakey and Chewy. You can tell from these pictures, the recipe I played around with resulted in a cakey/chewy type of brownies. However, there's good news. If you want it fudgy, just take them out of the oven earlier. However, if you want to go all out fudgy, I reckon you look for a different recipe :) (Personally, I'm the chewy type of brownie girl).

Brownies
50g Flour
20g Oats (I opted oats instead of nuts for that Chewy bits)
45g Cocoa Powder
2g Baking Powder
110g Butter
120g Sugar
2 Eggs at room temperature
Vanilla Extract
150g Chocolate Chips

1. Preheat oven to 175 C
2. Combine Flour, Oats, Salt, Cocoa, Baking powder and Chocolate chips.
3. Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
4. Add Vanilla.
5. Add the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
6. Pour into desired (LINED) pan.
7. Bake for 20 minutes (if you want fudgey brownies) or 30 minutes (if you like cakey brownies)

Happy Birthday,
Jes