Keep Homemade Brownie Mix on hand to mix up whenever a chocolate craving strikes. It has all the convenience of a boxed mix made with a made from scratch taste.
Last week my laptop died. It was a miserable old thing that held on much longer than it should have. The past month has been torture, too many frozen screens and random crashes. One Facebook status update took an hour before I finally gave up. It was beyond frustrating. Chocolate doesn’t fix broken laptops, but as far as I am concerned it certainly doesn’t hurt the situation. I can also say when it comes time to shop for a new computer coming home and mixing up a quick pan of brownies helps offset the pain of sticker shock. It’s times like these simplicity rules. Where the most direct route, from craving to eating brownies, is the best. This is when Homemade brownie mix shines. For those everyday chocolate cravings, when you just want to stir it up in a bowl, slide them in the oven, and then eat brownies. Life is complicated enough, brownies should never ever be complicated. What I love most about these brownies is their simplicity. This brownie mix recipe makes brownies with a classic made-from-scratch brownie taste, but with all the convenience of its dump in a bowl and stir in some wet ingredients boxed counterpart. Unlike the boxed mixes, when making your own mix you control the quality of the cocoa powder, use your favorite cocoa powder. I sometimes add a little Black Cocoa 
Homemade Brownie Mix
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter melted, then cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Make the mix
- Sift together all dry ingredients. Place into a jar or airtight container and attach directions
- On a label, write the wet ingredients and quantities with the directions see notes:
Using the brownie mix
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8-inch square pan.
- Melt the butter and set aside to cool slightly.
- In a medium bowl, beat two eggs with the vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients. Pour the melted butter into brownie mixture and mix until just incorporated. Spread the batter in a prepared 8-inch square pan and bake for 20-22 minutes.
Notes
To make the Brownies:
- 1/2 cup butter melted, then cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8-inch square pan. Melt the butter and set aside to cool slightly. In a medium bowl beat two eggs with the vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients. Pour the melted butter into brownie mixture and mix until just incorporated. Spread the batter in a prepared 8-inch square pan and bake for 20-22 minutes.
Recipe barely adapted from: Allrecipes Dress these brownies up with frosting, chopped nuts or chocolate chips if you wish. Just be sure to watch them as they bake, this brownie recipe will not take well to overbaking. Your brownies will most likely be thicker than mine in the picture, my 8 inch square pan has gone missing so I used a 7 x 11 inch pan which made for pretty skinny brownies, but no one complained. 
So, if you are wondering, when I finally got over my sticker shock I replaced my laptop with a desktop. I really had reservations about going this route, but now could not be happier. I do a lot of photo editing and would like to play around with video editing in the future, so I got this Asus Desktop and went with the biggest processor I could, and am totally loving it.
Joy says
Can you make a big batch of the dry mix and measure out what you need for a batch? If so how much mix would I use?
Nancy Whitaker says
Can you make a big batch of the dry mix and measure out what you need for a batch? If so how much mix would I use?
momof1teen says
Can this recipe be easily doubled and if so would the pan I use be a 9×13 or 13×9 Thanks in advance for a reply
Rebecca Presnell says
Yes.
Gelline says
What size is the jar that you used?
Jennifer Morrisey says
One batch fits perfectly in a Ball Pint jar, I used a regular mouth jar, but wide would also work.
Megan T says
How long can they be left in an air tight jar? I pull like to make them a few weeks before I give them out, would they be ok?
Jennifer Morrisey says
Making these a few weeks in advanced would definitely be ok.
As long as the jar is air-tight, the brownie mix will last as long as any of the individual ingredients (just look on the packaging). .
The only time I have ever run into any sort of “problems” is when I used cocoa powder that has been opened and has been in my pantry for a while. I think cocoa tends to lose it’s flavor after about 6 months.
Patty Gale says
This looks awesome, thank you! I agree with the others. It would definitely make a great gift. I have a 14 year old daughter, and this would be perfect to keep on hand for when she has friends over. Thanks for sharing!
Kimberly Ann @ Bake Love Give says
Ooof, tough luck on the laptop but happy to hear you’ve found a setup that works for you! This brownie mix looks perfect for keeping on hand for a rainy day or giving to friends.
Jennifer Morrisey says
Thank you! Yes, I think this would be a great gift!
Snappy Gourmet says
Wow, I’ve been meaning to make a brownie mix at home. This looks great!
Jennifer Morrisey says
It is so easy! I love that I don’t have to chop or melt chocolate for this recipe 🙂
Julie Grice says
Ooh, I bet this would make such a great gift! I just found your blog, and it is making me a bit homesick…we just moved back to the Midwest from Ithaca last month, and we’re missing the Finger Lakes!