50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- Chewy Brownies

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Chewy Brownies

From the Kitchen of: Pepper
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1 cup Flour

1 cup Powdered sugar

1/4 cup + 1/2 T Unsweetened cocoa powder

3/4 tsp Baking powder

1 1/2 oz Semisweet chocolate -- chopped

3 tablespoons Margarine

2 tablespoons Light corn syrup

1/2 cup Brown sugar

1 tablespoon Water

2 tsp Vanilla extract

2 large Egg whites

Preheat oven to 350~. Line 8-inch-square baking pan with foil, overlapping at two ends by 1 1/2 inches. Spray foil with non-stick spray.
Sift together flour, powdered sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder; set aside.
Combine chocolate and margarine in saucepan over lowest heat, stirring frequently, until just melted and smooth.
Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, water and vanilla until well blended.
Beat egg whites into chocolate mixture using a wooden spoon.
Gently stir dry ingredients into chocolate mixture just until well blended and smooth. Pour batter into pan, spreading evenly to edges.
Bake on middle oven rack for 24 to 28 minutes, until center top is almost firm. Cool pan on rack for 15 minutes. Using overhanging foil as handles, lift brownie slab from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely. Peel off foil and cut into 12 equal bars.
Serves 12