Fight Back Brownies, and a Online Bake Sale Update!

Fight Back Brownies!  Yes, these are fighting words!  I'm fighting Cancer in my own way with the Online Bake Sale May.2nd. Sadly, I am adding two more names to my Relay page in memory of my neighbor, Renate Jennings, who passed away last week from lung cancer.  Then my husband's bosses' brother passed away from pancreatic cancer at 53 yrs. old, two weeks ago.

Last year at the Relay for Life my team, Life's a Beach, sold these Fight Back Brownies, so I wanted to post these now. These are also know as Hershey's syrup, or chocolate syrup brownies. They have very few ingredients and can be made and frosted in 25 minutes, a bonus for sure.  They are so moist and chocolaty. Or you can leave them plain or put powdered sugar on them.  I have made these for so many years for pot lucks, birthdays, graduations, new babies, confirmation, baptisms,picnics, family  reunions, family dinners, funerals, just because, and now to fight cancer!  I am also making these for the Online Bake Sale, unfrosted. .I made some for Renate's family to take over to them.yesterday! Make these for Lora, The Cake Duchess, who is recuperating from Cancer surgery, or anyone else that you know that has cancer, or in memory of of someone who lost the fight, and sign up to be a baker, bid at the auction, or just donate to  The American Cancer Society here.

Here is the updated list of Bakers for the Online Bake Sale, Monday, May 2nd, and counting..  I'm so excited, and I hope that you are too. I can't thank these people enough for their participation.  Together we can make this a success and Fight Back!

Kate from Diethood

Gina from spcookiequeen.com  Oatmeal, Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Natasha from My Saint John
Reese from  The New Art of Baking   Old Fashioned Ginger Snap Cookies
Chef Dennis from More Than a Mount Full  Chocolate Decadence Cookiies
Wendy from The Weekend Gourmet

Molly from Toffee Bits and Chocolate Chips Cocoa Brownies with Browned Butter
Charlie from Sweet Salty Spicy  Maple Pecan Quinoa Crunch Granola 

Kim from Liv Life  Limoncello

Jennifer from   Three Little Piglets

Debbie from SquirrellBakes Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sabrina from The Tomato Tart  Vegan Triple Chocolate Banana Bread

Lindsey from Gingerbread Bagels

Elisabeth from Food and Thrifts  Biscotti

My friend home town friend Maureen

and of course me, Becky,  Raspberry Dark Chocolate Bars,  Chile Spiced-Mango Chocolate Chunk Cookies, and .Fight Back Brownies



Fight Back (Hershey's Syrup) Brownies  Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F

1 stick 1/2 c , unsalted butter, room temp
1 cup sugar
16 oz chocolate syrup
4 eggs
1 1/4 c flour
1 tsp vanilla

Grease a 15x10x1 pan.  Cream butter and sugar, until light and fluffy.  Beat in chocolate syrup, eggs, and vanilla, mix well. Add flour.  Mix well.  Pour batter, which will be thin, in prepared pan. Bake 17-20 min.
Remove from oven.
As the cake is baking, prepare the frosting, which you can put on the cake right out of the oven.  the frosting tastes like melted  ice cream.  Are you with me?

Chocolate Frosting

1/4 cup cocoa
5 Tbsp butter
5 tbsp milk
21/2 -3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Put powdered sugar in a large mixing bowl.  In a small sauce pan combine. butter cocoa, and milk Heat until mixtures comes to just a boil, stirring constantly. Be careful not to let it scorch. Pour mixture over powdered sugar and beat until smooth  with an electric mixer. Spread warm frosting over warm brownies and you have heaven.  These brownies are so moist, and keep well, if they aren't eaten first.  They are very addictive and    freeze well.